System and method for creating a note related to a phone call

• US 7,035,622 B2
• Filed: 01/28/2005
• Issued: 04/25/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Dehlin, Joel P., Chin, Peter G., Todd, Marc W., Fuller, Jason William, Yau, Debbie Miu Yan, Keyser, Greg A., Pappalardo, Susan E.
• Primary Examiner(s): WASHINGTON, ERIKA ALISE
• Application Number:
  US11/045,973
• Publication Number:
  US 20050130630A1
• Time in Patent Office: 452 Days
• Field of Search: 455/412.1, 455/418, 455/566
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/68 with means for recording information, e.g. telephone number during a conversation recording of telephone conversations H04M1/656

Abstract

This invention is directed toward a computer-implemented system and method for creating a note in a mobile communication device. The method includes creating a call note if a phone call is in progress. The call note includes call data that are related to the phone call. The call note is also associated with an entry in a call log. The method may be implemented by computer-executable components loaded into the memory of a mobile communication device.

Claims

1. In a mobile computer device having a graphical user interface including a display and a user interface selection mechanism, a method of presenting and activating triggers on the display, comprising:

providing a mobile computing device having a personal digital assistant component and a mobile telephone component;

displaying a first trigger for a dialer application program of the mobile telephone component, the first trigger being associated with a command for instructing a note application program of the personal digital assistant component to create a call note;

receiving an activation signal for the first trigger through the user interface selection mechanism;

in response to the activation signal for the first trigger, instantiating the note application program of the personal digital assistant component; and

displaying a second trigger in a dialer application program, the second trigger being associated with a command for instructing the note application to store the call note and associate the call note with an entry in a call log corresponding to the current phone call.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the call note is accessible from the associated entry of the call log.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the information describing the current phone call includes information associated with the dialer application program.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the information describing the current phone call includes information associated with a caller ID validator.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the information describing the current phone call includes information associated with a contact database.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a call note in response to an activation signal.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the call note includes a note taking interface.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a third trigger associated with the call log, wherein the third trigger is associated with a command for retrieving a call note.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a third trigger associated with an entry in the call log, wherein activation of the third trigger retrieves a call note associated with the entry.

10. In a mobile computer device having a graphical user interface including a display and a user interface selection mechanism, a method of presenting and activating a trigger on display, comprising:

providing a mobile computing device having a personal digital assistant component and a mobile telephone component;

displaying a trigger in an entry of a call log of the mobile telephone component, the trigger being associated with a command for instructing a note application program of the personal digital assistant component to display a call note associated with the entry;

receiving an activation signal for the trigger through the user interface selection mechanism; and

in response to the activation signal for the trigger, sending the command to the note application program, thereby causing the note application program to display the call note.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the call note includes information describing a phone call associated with the entry of the call log.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the information includes information associated with a dialer application program.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the information includes information associated with a caller ID validation program.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the information includes information associated with a content database.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the information includes information associated with a user input program.

16. In a mobile computer device having a graphical user interface including a display and a user interface selection mechanism, a method of presenting and activating triggers on the display, comprising:

providing a mobile computing device having a personal digital assistant component and a mobile telephone component;

displaying a first trigger for a dialer application program of the mobile telephone component, the first trigger being associated with a command for instructing a note application program of the personal digital assistant component to create a call note;

receiving an activation signal for the first trigger;

in response to the activation signal for the first trigger, sending the command from the mobile telephone component to the personal digital assistant component to instantiate the note application program;

displaying a second trigger in a dialer application program of the mobile telephone component, the second trigger being associated with a command for instructing the personal digital assistant component to associate the call note with an entry in a call log corresponding to the current phone call;

displaying a third trigger associated with an entry in the call log of the mobile telephone component;

receiving an activation signal for the third trigger; and

in response to the activation signal of the third trigger, retrieving the call note.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the information describing the current phone call includes information associated with at least one of:

a dialer application program, a caller ID validator, and a contact database.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the call note further includes a user input interface.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the information describing the current phone call includes information associated with a user input.