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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2000
Richard Allen Dunlap, Euless, TX (US);
Erich Ian Domingo, Hayward, CA (US);
Peter James Coughlan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Steven Vassallo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Daniel James Stillion, Mountain View, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An interactive user interface displayed on a monitor as part of a telephone is disclosed. The interactive user interface allows a user to easily use basic and advanced telephony functions, telephony-related services, such as accessing phone directories and voice mail, and non-telephony services. These non-telephony services can include any information deliverable over, for example, TCP/IP or DHCP, and can include information such as stock prices, weather, sports data, and so on, typically from third-party services. It can also include intra-company information such as meeting schedules, conference room bookings, cafeteria menus, and so on. A user can also pull up context-sensitive “help” information on the display at any time to learn more about a particular mode, option, or feature.