US Patent 8000457 Visual answering machine

Patent 8000457 was granted and assigned to Microsoft on August, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent

Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Microsoft

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

80004570

Patent Inventor Names

Richard Harper0

Date of Patent

August 16, 2011

Patent Application Number

115349940

Date Filed

September 25, 2006

Patent Primary Examiner

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Md S Elahee

Patent abstract

An answering machine tool is described which, when a message is received, accesses caller identification data associated with the message and from this data identifies an image for the message. Data is then output to cause an icon comprising this image to be displayed. This icon, in turn, may be manipulated and interacted with by a user, by touching the icon on a touch sensitive screen or by other means, such as mouse pointer or stylus. This causes the message to be replayed, moved, deleted or be subject to any other course of action that the visual rendering of the message affords the user.