HOVER TO CALL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate the use of a communication system by automating a telephone call.SOLUTION: When a user hovers on a telephone number on a webpage, the telephone number will be highlighted and the user will be provided with the opportunity to make a call using the highlighted number. If the user clicks on the highlighted telephone number, the telephone number will be provided to a communication application to facilitate making a telephone call. If the user moves away without clicking on the highlighted telephone number, the highlight will disappear. In alternative embodiments, a user can select text in a webpage and, if there is a telephone number in the selected text, that telephone number can be automatically provided to the communication application to facilitate making a call. In another embodiment, the system finds telephone numbers in content and replaces those telephone numbers with hyperlinks to enable the behavior described in the specification.