Method and instructions for visual voice messaging user interface
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1. A customer premises equipment (CPE) used in conjunction with a public switched telephone network visual voice messaging system, said CPE comprising:
- a display screen;
a plurality of soft key buttons associated with said display screen;
a plurality of function labels associated with the soft keys;
a DTMF keypad; and
message identification and message status displayed on said display screen, said message identification obtained via the public switched telephone network wherein said function labels are determined as a function of the message status.
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Abstract
An interface which displays indicia associated with a single voice mail message on a screen. The invention is used in a visual voice messaging system to allow a user to view indicia without scrolling to another screen. A user may thus sort messages which she desires to hear more quickly and easily.
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19 Claims
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1. A customer premises equipment (CPE) used in conjunction with a public switched telephone network visual voice messaging system, said CPE comprising:
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a display screen; a plurality of soft key buttons associated with said display screen; a plurality of function labels associated with the soft keys; a DTMF keypad; and message identification and message status displayed on said display screen, said message identification obtained via the public switched telephone network wherein said function labels are determined as a function of the message status. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. In a public switched telephone network having caller identification, a system for interfacing between a subscriber and a Visual Voice Messaging System (VVMS), said system comprising:
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a public switched telephone network (PSTN); operatively coupled to said PSTN, a VVMS for accepting and storing one or more messages and determining a message status associated with each message, said VVMS comprising a screen phone including a display screen, soft keys adjacent said display screen, one or more hard keys operatively associated with said display screen, a DTMF keypad, and function labels associated with said soft keys wherein said labels are determined as a function of the message status; operatively coupled to said PSTN;
a caller identification system for providing message identification associated with each message;wherein said message identification and said message status associated with a single message are displayed on said display screen. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. In a public switched telephone network comprising caller identification and a Visual Voice Messaging System (VVMS), said VVMS comprising a screen phone including a display screen, soft keys adjacent said display screen, and a DTMF keypad, a method for interfacing between a subscriber and said VVMS, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving one or more messages to the subscriber via the public switched telephone network (PSTN); determining, via the PSTN caller identification, message identification associated with each message; determining a message status associated with each message; displaying function labels associated with said soft keys on the display screen wherein the function labels are determined as a function of said message status; having the subscriber interact with the VVMS via said soft keys; and displaying said message identification and said message status associated with a single message on said display screen. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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