Granted Patent B2

US 9,756,170 · App. 12/493,965 · Granted Sep 5, 2017

Abstract

Claims (57)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a wireless communications interface;

a man-machine interface; and

a controller, coupled to the wireless communications interface and the man-machine interface, and programmably configured to:

cause display of message text in a message received via the wireless communications interface;

receive an input via the man-machine interface indicating a first keyword in the displayed message text;

indentify a category associated with the first keyword, the identified category being one of a plurality of categories of keywords, each category associated with an operation and with at least one keyword;

perform the operation associated with the identified category to generate a response message including information corresponding to the first keyword; and

cause sending of the response message via the wireless communications interface.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said controller is further configured to perform the operation by:

causing display of a dialogue window presenting at least one option;

receiving input indicating an option; and

generating said response message according to the indicated option.

3. An apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein said controller is further configured to display said dialogue window optionally partially overlapping said message text while not overlapping said keyword.

4. An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said controller is further configured to:

receive an input via the man-machine interface indicating a second keyword in the displayed message text, and

perform the operation associated with the identified category by;

generating the response message including information corresponding to said first keyword and said second keyword.

5. An apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein said controller is further configured to perform said operation by

opening an application associated with the first keyword and

retrieving information from the opened application using the second keyword as data.

6. An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said operation is at least one of opening an application and retrieving information from an application.

7. An apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein said controller is further configured to generate said response message so that it comprises said retrieved information.

8. An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said controller is further configured to

parse the message text to find keywords and

to display these found keywords as marked and to receive said input indicating at least one of said found and marked keywords.

9. An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the association of the at least one keyword, with a category is based on a semantic meaning of the keyword.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising at least computer program code that, when executed by a processor in an apparatus, causes the apparatus to perform a plurality of operations comprising:

displaying message text in a message received at the apparatus over a communications network;

receiving an input indicating a keyword of the displayed message text;

identifying a category associated with the indicated keyword, the identified category being one of a plurality of categories of keywords, each category associated with a user interface (UI) operation and with at least one keyword;

performing the UI operation associated with the indentified category to generate a response message including information corresponding to the indicated keyword; and

sending the response message over the communications network.

11. A method comprising:

displaying message text in a message received at an apparatus over a communications network;

receiving an input at the apparatus indicating a first keyword of the displayed message text;

identifying, by a controller in the apparatus, a category associated with the first keyword, the identified category being one of a plurality of categories of keywords, each category associated with an operation and with at least one keyword; and

performing the operation associated with the identified category to generate a response message including information corresponding to the first keyword; and

transmitting the response message from the apparatus over the communications network.

12. A method according to claim 11 wherein the step of performing the operation associated with the identified category comprises:

displaying a dialogue window presenting at least one option;

receiving input indicating an option; and

generating said response message according to the indicated option.

13. A method according to claim 12 wherein the step of performing the operation displays said dialogue window at least partially overlapping said message text while not overlapping said keyword.

14. A method according to claim 11 further comprising:

receiving input indicating a second keyword in the displayed message text;

wherein the step of performing the operation generates a response message including information corresponding to said first keyword and said second keyword.

15. A method according to claim 14 wherein the step of performing the operation associated with the indentified category comprises:

opening an application associated with the first keyword and

retrieving information from the application using the second keyword as data.

16. A method according to claim 11 wherein said operation is at least one of opening an application and retrieving information from an application.

17. A method according to claim 16 further comprising generating said response message so that it comprises said retrieved information.

18. A method according to claim 11 further comprising:

parsing the message text to find keywords;

displaying these found keywords as marked and

receiving said input indicating at least one of said found and marked keywords.

19. A method according to claim 11 , wherein the association of the at least one keyword with a category is based on a semantic meaning of the keyword.

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