# Bonnie Nardi — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Bonnie Nardi has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Computers Automatically Detect and Act on Data Like Phone Numbers](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/5946647/system-and-method-for-performing-an-action-on-a-structure-in-computer-generated-data) — granted 1999
  Apple's 1999 patent describing how software can automatically recognize patterns like phone numbers or dates in text and offer relevant actions like calling or scheduling.

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