The patent in question, as mentioned in the linked story, is patent 5,946,647: <a href="http://www.google.com/patents?id=aFEWAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract#v=onepage&q&f=false" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/patents?id=aFEWAAAAEBAJ&printsec=a...</a><p>It patents a way to process addresses and phone numbers on webpages and produce actions or links from them.