{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8463831","patent":{"patent_number":"US-8463831","title":"User association of a computing application with a contact in a contact list","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2008-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2013-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["H04L","G06F"],"num_claims":38,"abstract":"Methods and systems may be provided for user association of a computing application with a contact in a contact list. A view of one or more contacts of the user may be transmitted to a user, the view including a first contact. A request may be received from the user to associate an application with the first contact. A revised view may be transmitted to the user responsive to the received request, the revised view including a user-selectable mechanism for invoking the application on the first contact. The user may be redirected to a user interface of the application subsequent to the user selecting the user-selectable mechanism associated with the contact in the revised view, and the redirection may include transmission of information associated with the user and information associated with the first contact."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"User association of a computing application with a contact in a contact list","description":"Methods and systems may be provided for user association of a computing application with a contact in a contact list. A view of one or more contacts of the user may be transmitted to a user, the view ","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8463831","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8463831","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"User association of a computing application with a contact in a contact list\" (US-8463831). https://patentable.app/patents/US-8463831","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8463831","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-8463831","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-05-30T23:54:52.849Z"}