I guess how you'd accomplish it is pretty obvious, but the idea of linking phone numbers in text is not. There was no pressing need to do so at the time. Once a

I guess how you'd accomplish it is pretty obvious, but the idea of linking phone numbers in text is not. There was no pressing need to do so at the time. Once a lot of text messages are happening and people start sending phone numbers and email addresses to each other, it becomes obvious. Of course, I'm not sure the idea is patentable, only the implementation.