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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Centurylink Intellectual Property Llc, Denver, CO (US);
Inventors:
Shekhar Gupta, Overland Park, KS (US);
Mike Roberts, Spring Hill, KS (US);
Blaine Smith, Overland Park, KS (US);
Assignee:
CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Denver, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/64 (2006.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04M 1/247 (2006.01); H04M 1/57 (2006.01); H04M 3/537 (2006.01); H04M 1/663 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04M 1/2478 (2013.01); H04M 1/57 (2013.01); H04M 3/537 (2013.01); H04M 1/663 (2013.01); H04M 1/72552 (2013.01); H04M 2201/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product for managing different types of messages, such as, but not limited to, voicemails and text messages, is presented. For example, in one embodiment, the method includes identifying a sender associated with a message for a recipient; and grouping all messages from the sender under a directory associated with the sender, wherein the directory includes different types of messages received from the sender.