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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2003
Michael S. W. Tovino, Sandy, OR (US);
Olaf D. K. Brandt, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jeffrey W. Ridley, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Glen K. Okita, Los Altos, CA (US);
Michael S. W. Tovino, Sandy, OR (US);
Olaf D. K. Brandt, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jeffrey W. Ridley, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Glen K. Okita, Los Altos, CA (US);
Shoretel, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
One or more possibilities that are normally displayed in response to input from a user are augmented with real time information. Displaying real time information for one or more of the possibilities enables the user to take such information into account in deciding whether or not to continue with an action that the user was in the process of performing. For example, if a partial data entry provided by the user is indicative of an extension number to be dialed to place a phone call, and if a telephone call manager that receives the user's input displays call activity indicating that the user's intended callee is already on the phone, the user may decide to wait until the callee becomes available (as indicated by a change in callee's call activity).