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Automatic initiation of communications

CA 2608581 C · Owner: Ivanfi, Zoltan · Inventors: Nurminen, Jukka K.; Bakos, Balazs; Ivanfi, Zoltan

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A selection of a contact is received from a user. This contact is within a content item, such as a word processing document a hypertext document, an e-, mail, a spreadsheet or an electronic presentation. The user receives an indication of one or more connection channels associated with the contact and the user makes a selection a designated connection channel from the one or more connection channels. Upon this selection a device (such as a portable communications device) is instructed to establish communications across the designated connection channel. This connection channel may be for example, a , telephone number, an SMS number an e-mail address, or a uniform resource locator …

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  • Filed May 16, 2006 and granted December 10, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 16, 2026.
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FiledMay 16, 2006
GrantedDecember 10, 2013
Term endedMay 16, 2026
Patent numberCA 2608581 C
Classification (IPC)H04W4/12 +1 more

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