Human machine interface for telephone feature invocation
First Claim
1. A method of providing a visual indication to a first communication connection (CC) subscriber of the status of a telephone CC, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing an icon on a display that represents the first CC subscriber,(b) providing a call setup icon on a display representing a command to set up a CC,(c) dragging the icon representing the first CC subscriber to the call setup icon,(d) automatically displaying a directory of subscribers,(e) dragging an identity of a second CC subscriber from the directory to the call setup icon,(f) establishing a CC between communication apparatus used by the first subscriber and communication apparatus used by the second CC subscriber via subscriber'"'"'s lines,(g) changing the identity of the calls setup icon to a call icon,(h) displaying an icon representing the second CC subscriber in the call icon, and(i) displaying a new call setup icon,whereby icons representing CC subscribers of a call in progress are both represented and are visually discernible by the first CC subscriber in the call icon.
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Abstract
A method of providing a visual indication to a first communication connection (CC) subscriber of the status of a telephone CC comprising the steps of providing ah icon on a display that represents the first CC subscriber, providing a call setup icon on a display representing a command to set up a CC, dragging the icon representing the first CC subscriber to the call setup icon, automatically displaying a directory of subscribers, dragging an identity of a second CC subscriber from the directory to the call setup icon, establishing a CC between communication apparatus used by the first subscriber and communication apparatus used by the second CC subscriber via subscriber'"'"'s lines, changing the identity of the calls setup icon to a call icon, displaying an icon representing the second CC subscriber in the call icon, and displaying a new call setup icon, whereby icons representing CC subscribers of a call in progress are both represented and are visually discernible by the first CC subscriber in the call icon.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of providing a visual indication to a first communication connection (CC) subscriber of the status of a telephone CC, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing an icon on a display that represents the first CC subscriber, (b) providing a call setup icon on a display representing a command to set up a CC, (c) dragging the icon representing the first CC subscriber to the call setup icon, (d) automatically displaying a directory of subscribers, (e) dragging an identity of a second CC subscriber from the directory to the call setup icon, (f) establishing a CC between communication apparatus used by the first subscriber and communication apparatus used by the second CC subscriber via subscriber'"'"'s lines, (g) changing the identity of the calls setup icon to a call icon, (h) displaying an icon representing the second CC subscriber in the call icon, and (i) displaying a new call setup icon, whereby icons representing CC subscribers of a call in progress are both represented and are visually discernible by the first CC subscriber in the call icon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of providing a visual indication of the status of a communication connection, comprising the steps of displaying parties to a call in progress as icons contained within the periphery of another icon representing a call in progress, displaying an icon representing a party on hold in another icon representing a call in progress, and displaying an icon representing the party that has placed the party on hold as a ghost icon.
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