公开(公告)号：US5926524A

公开(公告)日：1999-07-20

申请号：US947988

申请日：1997-10-09

Applicant: Don W. Taylor

Inventor： Don W. Taylor

IPC: G06F13/00 ,  G10L15/00 ,  H04L12/58 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04M1/65 ,  H04M3/48 ,  H04M3/533 ,  H04M1/64 ,  H04M3/42 ,  H04M11/00

CPC classification number: H04M3/533 ,  H04L12/58 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L51/28 ,  H04M3/48 ,  H04M3/53333 ,  H04M3/53341

Abstract: An improved messaging system (100, 900) enables a message recipient to take notes electronically while retrieving messages, such as by electronically extracting and separately recording a portion of a received message in a scratchpad area (250, 1050) of his or her mailbox (111, 911) or by dictating into a telephone (102, 103), typing on a terminal (902, 903) keyboard, or entering on a Touch-Tone telephones' keypad, words and/or numbers, into the scratchpad area, for subsequent use by the message recipient. The messaging system then enables the message recipient either to retrieve the electronic notes from the scratchpad area, or to automatically place a call to a telephone number that is contained in the electronic notes in the scratchpad area. An improved graphical user interface (915) provides the message recipient with easy access to, and control over, this functionality of the messaging system.

Abstract translation: 改进的消息系统（100,900）使得消息接收者能够在检索消息的同时以电子方式进行记录，诸如通过在他或她的邮箱的暂存区域（250,1050）中电子地提取和分别地接收所接收的消息的一部分， 111,911），或通过拨入电话（102,103）中，在终端（902,903）上键入键入，或者在Touch-Tone电话键盘上输入文字和/或号码到暂存区域中，以便 邮件接收者随后使用。 消息收发系统然后使得消息接收者能够从暂存区域检索电子票据，或者自动将电话号码包含在暂存区域中的电子票据中。 改进的图形用户界面（915）为消息接收者提供了对消息系统的这种功能的容易的访问和控制。