Abstract: Techniques are described for character identification for establishing communication. A document is received with an inserted object in place of a numeric or alphanumeric sequence of characters that satisfy a format usable to establish a communication. The received document is displayed on a screen of a computing device. A user input is received at an input device of the computing device that represents activation of the object, and the communication is initiated with a device remote to the computing device.

Abstract: Techniques are described for character identification for establishing communication. A numeric or alphanumeric sequence of characters in a document is identified that conforms to a specified format usable to establish a communication. The document is altered to insert an activatable object in place of the numeric or alphanumeric sequence. The activatable object is activated with a user input to initiate the communication.

Abstract: Method and system for recognising a numeric or alphanumeric sequence of characters in a document, the sequence conforming to predetermined rules and representing user identifiers for identifying users in a communication system include identifying a country of origin of the document, recalling rules relating to the format of the sequence associated with the determined country of origin, searching the document to identify any sequence in the document satisfying the format and returning any such sequence.

Abstract: Method and system for recognising a numeric or alphanumeric sequence of characters in a document, the sequence conforming to predetermined rules and representing user identifiers for identifying users in a communication system include identifying a country of origin of the document, recalling rules relating to the format of the sequence associated with the determined country of origin, searching the document to identify any sequence in the document satisfying the format and returning any such sequence.

Abstract: Method and system for recognizing a numeric or alphanumeric sequence of characters in a document, the sequence conforming to predetermined rules and representing user identifiers for identifying users in a communication system include identifying a country of origin of the document, recalling rules relating to the format of the sequence associated with the determined country of origin, searching the document to identify any sequence in the document satisfying the format and returning any such sequence.

Abstract: Method and system for recognising a numeric or alphanumeric sequence of characters in a document, the sequence conforming to predetermined rules and representing user identifiers for identifying users in a communication system include identifying a country of origin of the document, recalling rules relating to the format of the sequence associated with the determined country of origin, searching the document to identify any sequence in the document satisfying the format and returning any such sequence.

Abstract: A method, program and system for use in a communication system comprising at least a packet-based network. The method comprises: receiving names of users of the communication system retrieved from a first storage unit; and interacting with a document-browser application executed on a first user terminal, the document browser being configured to retrieve an electronic document from a second storage unit and display it on a screen, the document comprising at least a portion of text; wherein said interaction comprises analysing the text of the retrieved document in order to match one or more of said names with one or more respective corresponding text strings in said document, and displaying presence information in conjunction with the document to indicate an availability status of the user corresponding to the matched name.

Abstract: Method and system for recognising a numeric or alphanumeric sequence of characters in a document, the sequence conforming to predetermined rules and representing user identifiers for identifying users in a communication system include identifying a country of origin of the document, recalling rules relating to the format of the sequence associated with the determined country of origin, searching the document to identify any sequence in the document satisfying the format and returning any such sequence.