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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011

Filed:

Oct. 12, 2005
Applicants:

Jennifer Walker, Jackson, WY (US);

Vinod Katkam, San Jose, CA (US);

Randall B. Baird, Austin, TX (US);

Cullen Jennings, San Jose, CA (US);

Mukul Jain, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jennifer Walker, Jackson, WY (US);

Vinod Katkam, San Jose, CA (US);

Randall B. Baird, Austin, TX (US);

Cullen Jennings, San Jose, CA (US);

Mukul Jain, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/64 (2006.01); H04M 3/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention provides a mechanism for categorizing telephone calls and for providing special information about calls that appear on call lists maintained in a telephone. The invention provides for both providing an indication and for providing an action. When an entry on a call list is highlighted (in a conventional manner), pressing one key adds a flag to the entry on the call list to indicate that follow up action is required. Pressing a second key initiates an action such as attaching a reminder so that the user will be reminded to take action later. Pressing a third key will provide a text message balloon indicating information about the call. The flags and text messages can be added by either the called party or the calling party.


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