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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:
Oct. 07, 2014

Filed:

Aug. 24, 2010
Applicants:

Steve Olivier, Seattle, WA (US);

Alan Gatzke, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);

Inventors:

Steve Olivier, Seattle, WA (US);

Alan Gatzke, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 3/493 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04M 3/533 (2006.01); H04M 3/537 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/53333 (2013.01); H04M 2203/252 (2013.01); H04M 2203/301 (2013.01); H04M 3/537 (2013.01); H04M 3/42042 (2013.01); H04M 2203/303 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed in an example embodiment herein is an apparatus comprising a user interface, and a controller coupled to the user interface. The controller is operative to display images associated with a message that has been forwarded at least once in a predefined format on the user interface, where a first image is associated with the original sender of the message. A first image is associated with the original sender of the message, and an additional image is associated with a party forwarding the message. The controller is operative to receive an input associated with the user interface indicating a selection of a displayed image, and plays back content added to the message by a party associated with the selected image.


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