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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2010
Steve Olivier, Seattle, WA (US);
Alan Gatzke, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Steve Olivier, Seattle, WA (US);
Alan Gatzke, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
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.