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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2007
Applicants:
Scott E. Bulgin, Waterloo, CA;
David J. Mak-fan, Waterloo, CA;
Lawrence E. Kuhl, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/10 (2006.01); H04M 1/65 (2006.01); H04M 3/533 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/10 (2013.01); H04M 1/6505 (2013.01); H04M 3/53333 (2013.01); H04M 2203/253 (2013.01); H04M 2207/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A voicemail system utilizing a wireless handheld device with a suitable user interface for presenting voice messages and email messages is disclosed. Voice messages are received over a wireless network, and stored on the handheld device. Upon receipt of a voice message, the handheld device records the audio message in local memory. Subsequently a message record entry corresponding to the received audio message is displayed in a user interface screen of the handheld. When the user opens the displayed message record, the handheld device plays back the corresponding audio message stored in local memory.