System and method for displaying sticky notes on a phone

• US 7,698,644 B2
• Filed: 04/26/2005
• Issued: 04/13/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hawk, Doug, Tywoniak, Richard, Jennings, Cullen
• Primary Examiner(s): Bashore; William L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Takele; Meseker
• Application Number:
  US11/114,445
• Publication Number:
  US 20060239248A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,813 Days
• Field of Search: 715/764, 715/715, 715/512, 715/860, 715/238, 715/230, 370/352
• US Class Current: 715/715
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality

Abstract

A system and method for displaying sticky notes on a phone are provided. The system for displaying sticky notes on a phone includes a processing system and a controller. The processing system includes a processor that is coupled to a display icon and user input device, to enter and display the sticky notes on the phone. The controller classifies the entered sticky notes on the basis of the action to be performed on them. These sticky notes may be classified, based on user identification associated with a multi-user phone.

Claims

1. A system for displaying sticky notes on a phone, the system comprising:

a user interface configured to receive a messages for a plurality of sticky notes on the phone and configured to display the plurality of sticky notes, each of the plurality of sticky notes including a message, at least one of the sticky notes displaying a phone number in the message on the sticky note, wherein not all of the messages for the plurality of sticky notes include a phone number; and

a controller of the phone configured to;

receive data representing the plurality of sticky notes, the data including a phone number for a sticky note if the message includes a phone number, wherein the controller assigns a defined time period for which the sticky notes are stored;

display the plurality of sticky notes in a stack wherein the plurality of sticky notes are displayed in an order where a sticky note above another sticky note covers at least a part of the another sticky note;

allow displaying of different sticky notes in the plurality of sticky notes in the stack by changing the order of the sticky notes in the stack;

determine when the at least one sticky note with the message with the phone number becomes visible from below another sticky note in the stack of the plurality of sticky notes by the changing of the order of the stack of the plurality of sticky notes such that the at least one sticky note is in a front position above the another sticky note;

analyze data of the at least one sticky note to determine if a valid phone number is being displayed on the at least one sticky note based on recognizing a valid format of a phone number in the message;

recognize digits of the phone number from the message on the at least one sticky note;

automatically reconfigure a call button for the phone from a first non-call button function to a second call button function to cause a phone call to be made if selected in response to recognizing the valid phone number being displayed on the at least one sticky note, the call button associated with the digits of the phone number recognized on the at least one sticky note, wherein the call button is not configured to cause the phone call when of the another sticky note that does not include the phone number is visible and in the front position above the at least one sticky note;

receive a phone call request from an input of the call button;

determine the digits of the phone number that were recognized; and

cause a phone call to be made using the digits of the phone number that were recognized.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises a display icon for displaying the sticky note.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is configured to log based on user identification.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface displays a classified sticky note by using a color scheme.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to assign a predefined time period after which the sticky note are displayed.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the phone comprises a multi-user phone.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the controller classifies the sticky note based on user identification associated with the multi-user phone.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises a touch screen.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the call button comprises soft keys for moving the sticky note in a stack based on user-defined priority.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the system further comprises a context sensitive call button or a touch sensitive call button to call to the recognized phone number, wherein a function associated with the context sensitive call button or touch sensitive call button is reconfigured to cause the phone call to be made upon selection.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the system further comprises a means for creating a conference call with the recognized phone number, wherein the controller is configured to create the conference call with the recognized phone number.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to display the sticky note that includes the recognized phone number upon receiving a call from the recognized phone number.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sticky notes in the stack comprise three or more sticky notes, wherein the order of the three or more sticky notes in the stack are changed.

14. A method for displaying sticky notes on a phone, the method comprising:

receiving data representing the plurality of sticky notes, each of the plurality of sticky notes including a message, at least one of the sticky notes displaying a phone number in the message on the sticky note, wherein not all of the messages for the plurality of sticky notes include a phone number, wherein a defined time period is assigned for which the sticky notes are stored;

displaying the plurality of sticky notes in a stack wherein the plurality of sticky notes are displayed in an order where a sticky note above another sticky note covers at least a part of the another sticky note;

allowing displaying of different sticky notes in the plurality of sticky notes in the stack by changing the order of the sticky notes in the stack;

determining when the at least one sticky note with the message with the phone number becomes visible from below another sticky note in the stack of the plurality of sticky notes by the changing of the order of the stack of the plurality of sticky notes such that the at least one sticky note is in a front position above the another sticky note;

analyzing data of the at least one sticky note to determine if a valid phone number is being displayed on the at least one sticky note based on recognizing a valid format of a phone number in the message;

recognizing digits of the phone number from the message on the at least one sticky note;

automatically reconfiguring a call button for the phone from a first non-call button function to a second call button function to cause a phone call to be made if selected in response to recognizing the valid phone number being displayed on the at least one sticky note, the call button associated with the digits of the phone number recognized on the at least one sticky note, wherein the call button is not configured to cause the phone call when of the another sticky note that does not include the phone number is visible and in the front position above the at least one sticky note;

receiving a phone call request from an input of the call button;

determining the digits of the phone number that were recognized; and

causing a phone call to be made using the digits of the phone number that were recognized.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein a classified sticky note is displayed by using a color scheme.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the sticky notes are displayed after a predefined time period.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the phone comprises a multi-user phone.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the sticky note is classified based on user identification associated with the multi-user phone.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the sticky note comprises a plurality of phone numbers that are recognized.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising creating a conference call with a portion of the plurality of recognized phone numbers.

21. The method of claim 19, further comprising displaying the sticky note that includes the recognized phone number upon receiving a call from the recognized phone number.

22. The method of claim 14, further comprising setting up a call to the recognized phone number upon receiving the input for the phone call request.

23. The method of claim 14, wherein the designated call button comprises a context sensitive call button, the method comprising:

configuring a function associated with the context sensitive call button to cause the phone call to be made in response to recognizing the valid phone number.

24. The method of claim 14, wherein the designated call button comprises a touch sensitive call button that is displayed on the sticky note, the method comprising:

configuring a function associated with the touch sensitive call button to cause the phone call to be made in response to recognizing the valid phone number;

receiving a touch input for the touch sensitive call button; and

causing the phone call to be made upon receiving the touch input.

25. An apparatus for displaying sticky notes on a phone, the apparatus comprising:

a processing system including a processor coupled to a display and user input device; and

a computer-readable storage medium including instructions executable by the processor, the storage medium comprising;

one or more instructions for receiving data representing the plurality of sticky notes, each of the plurality of sticky notes including a message, at least one of the sticky notes displaying a phone number in the message on the sticky note, wherein not all of the messages for the plurality of sticky notes include a phone number, wherein a defined time period is assigned for which the sticky notes are stored;

one or more instructions for displaying the plurality of sticky notes in a stack wherein the plurality of sticky notes are displayed in an order where a sticky note above another sticky note covers at least a part of the another sticky note;

one or more instructions for allowing displaying of different sticky notes in the plurality of sticky notes in the stack by changing the order of the sticky notes in the stack;

one or more instructions for determining when the at least one sticky note with the message with the phone number becomes visible from below another sticky note in the stack of the plurality of sticky notes by the changing of the order of the stack of the plurality of sticky notes such that the at least one sticky note is in a front position above the another sticky note;

one or more instructions for analyzing data of the at least one sticky note to determine if a valid phone number is being displayed on the at least one sticky note based on recognizing a valid format of a phone number in the message;

one or more instructions for recognizing digits of the phone number from the message on the at least one sticky note;

one or more instructions for automatically reconfiguring a call button for the phone from a first non-call button function to a second call button function to cause a phone call to be made if selected in response to recognizing the valid phone number being displayed on the at least one sticky note, the call button associated with the digits of the phone number recognized on the at least one sticky note, wherein the call button is not configured to cause the phone call when of the another sticky note that does not include the phone number is visible and in the front position above the at least one sticky note;

one or more instructions for receiving a phone call request from an input of the call button;

one or more instructions for determining the digits of the phone number that were recognized; and

one or more instructions for causing a phone call to be made using the digits of the phone number that were recognized.

26. A computer-readable storage medium including instructions executable by a processor, the storage medium comprising:

one or more instructions for receiving data representing the plurality of sticky notes, each of the plurality of sticky notes including a message, at least one of the sticky notes displaying a phone number in the message on the sticky note, wherein not all of the messages for the plurality of sticky notes include a phone number, wherein a defined time period is assigned for which the sticky notes are stored;

one or more instructions for displaying the plurality of sticky notes in a stack wherein the plurality of sticky notes are displayed in an order where a sticky note above another sticky note covers at least a part of the another sticky note;

one or more instructions for allowing displaying of different sticky notes in the plurality of sticky notes in the stack by changing the order of the sticky notes in the stack;

one or more instructions for determining when the at least one sticky note with the message with the phone number becomes visible from below another sticky note in the stack of the plurality of sticky notes by the changing of the order of the stack of the plurality of sticky notes such that the at least one sticky note is in a front position above the another sticky note;

one or more instructions for analyzing data of the at least one sticky note to determine if a valid phone number is being displayed on the at least one sticky note based on recognizing a valid format of a phone number in the message;

one or more instructions for recognizing digits of the phone number from the message on the at least one sticky note;

one or more instructions for automatically reconfiguring a call button for the phone from a first non-call button function to a second call button function to cause a phone call to be made if selected in response to recognizing the valid phone number being displayed on the at least one sticky note, the call button associated with the digits of the phone number recognized on the at least one sticky note, wherein the call button is not configured to cause the phone call when of the another sticky note that does not include the phone number is visible and in the front position above the at least one sticky note;

one or more instructions for receiving a phone call request from an input of the call button;

one or more instructions for determining the digits of the phone number that were recognized; and

one or more instructions for causing a phone call to be made using the digits of the phone number that were recognized.