Abstract: A method and system for launching a target application. A predefined data type is identified by: determining that a first row of a parser table including a first regular expression formulating a string of characters includes rows ordered from a more general to a more specific regular expression; setting a first regular expression as a regular expression matching the string; resetting the regular expression with a second regular expression, of a next row of the parser table, that formulates the string more specifically than the first regular expression; and selecting the predefined data type in the row of the regular expression as the predefined data type of the string, upon performing the resetting for all rows of the parser table. The target application previously associated with a combination of the identified data type and a source application containing the string is identified and launched with the string as a parameter.

Abstract: A method and system for launching a target application. A predefined data type is identified by: determining that a first row of a parser table including a first regular expression formulating a string of characters includes rows ordered from a more general to a more specific regular expression; setting a first regular expression as a regular expression matching the string; resetting the regular expression with a second regular expression, of a next row of the parser table, that formulates the string more specifically than the first regular expression; and selecting the predefined data type in the row of the regular expression as the predefined data type of the string, upon performing the resetting for all rows of the parser table. The target application previously associated with a combination of the identified data type and a source application containing the string is identified and launched with the string as a parameter.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program for automatically launching a target application based on characteristics of a selected string of characters in a source application includes the steps of receiving a command resulting from a user's action, selecting a string of characters in a source application; identifying among one or a plurality of predefined regular expressions, a regular expression matching the selected string of character; identifying a predefined data type previously associated with the source application and the regular expression matching the selected string of character; identifying a predefined target application previously associated with the identified data type and the source application; and launching the target application.

Abstract: A method and system for acknowledging receipt of a voice mail message sent by a first user to a second user and accessed by the second user. The first and second users are respectively connected to a first and second server. Responsive to receiving a request from the first user for an acknowledgment message indicating that the second user has accessed the voice mail message, the second server places an indication of the request in a voice mail box of the second user. After the second user accesses the voice mail message, the second server sends the acknowledgment message to the first server, after which the first server informs the first user that the second user has accessed the voice mail message.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program for automatically launching a target application based on characteristics of a selected string of characters in a source application includes the steps of receiving a command resulting from a user's action, selecting a string of characters in a source application; identifying among one or a plurality of predefined regular expressions, a regular expression matching the selected string of character; identifying a predefined data type previously associated with the source application and the regular expression matching the selected string of character; identifying a predefined target application previously associated with the identified data type and the source application; and launching the target application.

Abstract: A method and system for acknowledging receipt of a voice mail message sent by a first user to a second user and accessed by the second user. The first and second users are respectively connected to a first and second server. Responsive to receiving a request from the first user for an acknowledgment message indicating that the second user has accessed the voice mail message, the second server places an indication of the request in a voice mail box of the second user. After the second user accesses the voice mail message, the second server sends the acknowledgment message to the first server, after which the first server informs the first user that the second user has accessed the voice mail message.