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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
May. 31, 2006
David a Howell, Seattle, WA (US);
David Milstein, Redmond, WA (US);
Linda Criddle, Kirkland, WA (US);
Philip a Chou, Bellevue, WA (US);
David A Howell, Seattle, WA (US);
David Milstein, Redmond, WA (US);
Linda Criddle, Kirkland, WA (US);
Philip A Chou, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present invention are directed at software for processing a received voicemail message to provide enhanced features in a voicemail system. In one embodiment, a user interface is provided where a callee may generate events to modify audio attributes of a received voicemail message. When an event to modify the audio attributes of the received voicemail message is received, aspects of the present invention obtain a set of event data that describes input generated by the callee. Then, a media player program is used to modify attributes of the data packets in the voicemail message in accordance with the input received from the callee.