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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2012
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Shivakumar Seetharaman, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Michael K. Higashi, Issaquah, WA (US);
Selvaraj Nalliah, Redmond, WA (US);
Joseph T. Flint, Sammamish, WA (US);
Salman Zafar, Mill Creek, WA (US);
Juan V. Esteve Balducci, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method for accessing offline voicemail messages within a mobile messaging application may be provided. First, a voice mail message may be received and the voicemail message may be transcribed to text. Next, the voicemail message and the text transcription may be stored. The recipient may then be presented with a list of voicemail messages and the voicemail message may be retrieved in response to the recipient. The recipient may read or listen to the voicemail message or both. The recipient may also annotate the voicemail message.