American Telephone and Telegraph, Co.

At&t Information Systems Inc.

U S West, Inc.

Mediaone Group, Inc.

Michael Craig King

John Reiley Rice

Esther L Davenport

Sandra Marie Smith

Steven John Langkamp

Eric J Bauer

Mary Kinal

Cynthia Lea Humphrey

A user interface for a fax mail system. The invention is a method and instructions for improving interaction with a fax mail system. The sequence of instructions is improved to allow easier interaction. The system allows the subscriber to print all new fax documents which have been received without reviewing them. In addition, the review menu is organized to allow the subscriber to easily print, erase or skip various fax mail messages.

Method and instructions for fax mail user interface

The names in a directory stored in a personal terminal having a display are displayed as groups of names in which illustratively the first name in each group of names serves as a displayed tab which is pointed to by the user to display the respective group of names. The individual tabs are dynamically changed to conform with any change in the first name of the respective groups of names that may occur as a result of a change in the composition of the directory.

Communication terminal telephone directory with dynamic directory tabbing

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Boulder, CO, United States of America

Michael Craig King