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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1999
John Andrew Cook, Austin, TX (US);
Jianming Dong, Austin, TX (US);
John Martin Mullaly, Austin, TX (US);
Craig Ardner Swearingen, Austin, TX (US);
Alan Richard Tannenbaum, Austin, TX (US);
John Andrew Cook, Austin, TX (US);
Jianming Dong, Austin, TX (US);
John Martin Mullaly, Austin, TX (US);
Craig Ardner Swearingen, Austin, TX (US);
Alan Richard Tannenbaum, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus in a computer for processing voice messages. A voice message is recorded. Responsive to recording of the voice message, an identifying string is automatically inserted into a text message identifying a presence of a voice message. Responsive to recording the voice message, the voice message is automatically appended to a text message to form an appended voice message. The text message is sent with the appended voice message. When a message is received, the text in the received message is parsed to see if an identifying string is present indicating that the received message is a voice message. Responsive to a determination that the received message is a voice message, a graphical user interface including controls for presenting the voice message is displayed.