Indicators for voicemails
First Claim
1. A machine readable non-transitory storage medium storing executable program instructions which when executed by a data processing system cause the data processing system to perform a method comprising:
- receiving data representing content of a voicemail;
examining the content to determine whether the voicemail is message-less;
presenting an indicator that the voicemail is message-less in response to determining that the voicemail is message-less; and
presenting a list of voicemails without showing, in the list, a length of each of the voicemails in the list, wherein the indicator is displayed in the list.
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Abstract
Methods and systems to examine, in one embodiment, content of a voicemail to determine whether the voicemail is message-less. An indicator that indicates the voicemail is message-less can be presented in response to determining that the voicemail is message-less. A method in an embodiment can be performed on either a client system or on a voicemail server. In another embodiment, a method can determine whether a length of the content of a voicemail is less than a period of time and can display an indicator that the voicemail has either no content or is very short.
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1. A machine readable non-transitory storage medium storing executable program instructions which when executed by a data processing system cause the data processing system to perform a method comprising:
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receiving data representing content of a voicemail; examining the content to determine whether the voicemail is message-less; presenting an indicator that the voicemail is message-less in response to determining that the voicemail is message-less; and presenting a list of voicemails without showing, in the list, a length of each of the voicemails in the list, wherein the indicator is displayed in the list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A machine implemented method comprising:
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receiving, at a device, data representing content of a voicemail; examining the content to determine whether the voicemail is message-less; presenting an indicator that the voicemail is message-less in response to determining that the voicemail is message-less; and presenting a list of voicemails without showing, in the list, a length of each of the voicemails in the list, wherein the indicator is displayed in the list. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A data processing system comprising:
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a processing system; a memory coupled to the processing system; a display device coupled to the processing system; a network interface coupled to the processing system, the network interface configured to receive voicemails and wherein the memory is configured to store data representing content of a voicemail and wherein the processing system is configured to examine the content of the voicemail to determine whether the voicemail is message-less and wherein the processing system is configured to present on the display device an indicator that the voicemail is message-less in response to determining that the voicemail is message-less and the processing system is further configured to present on the display device a list of voicemails without showing, in the list, a length of each of the voicemails in the list, wherein the indicator is displayed in the list. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A machine implemented method comprising:
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receiving, at a device, data representing content of a voicemail; determining whether a length of the content is less than a period of time; displaying an indicator that the voicemail has either no content or is very short if, in response to the determining, the content is less than the period of time; and presenting a list of voicemails without showing, in the list, a length of each of the voicemails in the list, wherein the indicator is displayed in the list. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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