PatentBrief

Inventor

Thomas Bonura

Patents indexed

1

Year range

1999

Associated with

Years active

1999

Total patents

1

Most recent

1999

Frequent collaborator

James R. Miller

Domains

softwareconsumer_electronics

Activity by decade

1990s
1

Patents

1

Career timeline

1 patents, in 1999

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19992000

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US 5946647·1999·Apple Computer Inc

How Computers Automatically Detect and Act on Data Like Phone Numbers

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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