Voicemail manager for portable multifunction device

• US 10,033,872 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2011
• Issued: 07/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Anzures, Freddy Allen, Christie, Greg, Forstall, Scott, Novick, Gregory, Jobs, Steven P., Chaudhri, Imran, Lemay, Stephen O., Coffman, Patrick Lee, Furches, Elizabeth Caroline
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Tuyetlien T
• Application Number:
  US13/172,649
• Publication Number:
  US 20110254800A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,582 Days
• Field of Search: 715702, 715863, 715864
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6505 storing speech in digital form
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72433 for voice messaging, e.g. dictaphones for answering incoming calls H04M1/64
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/256 comprising a service specific user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53333 Message receiving aspects

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for management of voicemail messages, performed at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display, includes: displaying a list of voicemail messages; detecting selection by a user of a respective voicemail message in the list; responding to the user selection of the respective voicemail message by initiating playback of the user-selected voicemail message; displaying a progress bar for the user-selected voicemail message, wherein the progress bar indicates the portion of the user-selected voicemail message that has been played; detecting movement of a finger of the user from a first position on the progress bar to a second position on the progress bar; and responding to the detection of the finger movement by restarting playback of the user-selected voicemail message at a position within the user-selected voicemail message corresponding substantially to the second position on the progress bar.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a touch screen display;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

displaying, on the touch screen display, a list of voicemail messages;

detecting a user selection of a respective voicemail message in the list;

in response to detecting the user selection of the respective voicemail message, displaying, on the touch screen display, a progress bar corresponding to the user-selected voicemail message;

playing the user-selected voicemail message, wherein a playback indicator of the progress bar indicates a played portion of the user-selected voicemail message, and wherein the playback indicator is configured to slide in a first direction along the progress bar;

detecting a finger contact on the touch screen display at a location on the progress bar;

detecting, on the touch screen display, continuous movement of the finger contact from the location on the progress bar to a location other than the progress bar, the continuous movement of the finger contact having a component parallel to the first direction and a component perpendicular to the first direction;

in response to detecting the continuous movement, causing the playback indicator to slide along the progress bar from a first position on the progress bar to a second position on the progress bar in accordance with the component of the movement of the finger contact that is parallel to the first direction; and

restarting playback of a portion of the user-selected voicemail message corresponding to the second position on the progress bar.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

detecting a scrolling gesture; and

in response to detecting the scrolling gesture, scrolling the list of voicemail messages.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the scrolling gesture comprises a vertical movement of a finger of the user on the touch screen display.

4. The device of claim 2, wherein the scrolling gesture has a horizontal position on the touch screen, and detecting the scrolling gesture is independent of the horizontal position of the gesture on the touch screen.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein detecting selection by the user of a respective voicemail message comprises detecting a tap gesture by the finger of the user on the respective voicemail message.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein responding to the user selection of the respective voicemail message includes highlighting the respective voicemail message in the list.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

detecting selection by the user of a backup icon;

in response to detecting the user selection of the backup icon, backing up the playback of the user-selected voicemail message by a predefined amount;

detecting selection by the user of a speed up icon; and

in response to detecting the user selection of the speed up icon, increasing the playback speed of the user-selected voicemail message.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the predefined amount is between one and five seconds.

9. The device of claim 7, wherein increasing the playback speed comprises increasing the playback speed by at least 50%.

10. The device of claim 7, wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

for a voicemail message being played at an increased playback speed, adjusting the sound frequency or pitch of the playback.

11. A method, comprising:

at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display;

displaying, on the touch screen display, a list of voicemail messages;

detecting a user selection of a respective voicemail message in the list;

in response to detecting the user selection of the respective voicemail message, displaying, on the touch screen display, a progress bar corresponding to the user-selected voicemail message;

playing the user-selected voicemail message, wherein a playback indicator of the progress bar indicates a played portion of the user-selected voicemail message, and wherein the playback indicator is configured to slide in a first direction along the progress bar;

detecting a finger contact on the touch screen display at a location on the progress bar;

detecting, on the touch screen display, continuous movement of the finger contact from the location on the progress bar to a location other than the progress bar, the continuous movement of the finger contact having a component parallel to the first direction and a component perpendicular to the first direction;

in response to detecting the continuous movement, causing the playback indicator to slide along the progress bar from a first position on the progress bar to a second position on the progress bar in accordance with the component of the movement of the finger contact that is parallel to the first direction; and

restarting playback of a portion of the user-selected voicemail message corresponding to the second position on the progress bar.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

detecting a scrolling gesture; and

in response to detecting the scrolling gesture, scrolling the list of voicemail messages.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the scrolling gesture comprises a vertical movement of a finger of the user on the touch screen display.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the scrolling gesture has a horizontal position on the touch screen, and detecting the scrolling gesture is independent of the horizontal position of the gesture on the touch screen.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein detecting selection by the user of a respective voicemail message comprises detecting a tap gesture by the finger of the user on the respective voicemail message.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein responding to the user selection of the respective voicemail message includes highlighting the respective voicemail message in the list.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

detecting selection by the user of a backup icon,

in response to detecting the user selection of the backup icon, backing up the playback of the user-selected voicemail message by a predefined amount;

detecting selection by the user of a speed up icon; and

in response to detecting the user selection of the speed up icon, increasing the playback speed of the user-selected voicemail message.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the predefined amount is between one and five seconds.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein increasing the playback speed comprises increasing the playback speed by at least 50%.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

for a voicemail message being played at an increased playback speed, adjusting the sound frequency or pitch of the playback.

21. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a portable electronic device with a touch screen display, cause the device to:

display, on the touch screen display, a list of voicemail messages;

detect a user selection of a respective voicemail message in the list;

in response to detecting the user selection of the respective voicemail message, display, on the touch screen display, a progress bar corresponding to the user-selected voicemail message;

play the user-selected voicemail message, wherein a playback indicator of the progress bar indicates a played portion of the user-selected voicemail message, and wherein the playback indicator is configured to slide in a first direction along the progress bar;

detect a finger contact on the touch screen display at a location on the progress bar;

detect, on the touch screen display, continuous movement of the finger contact from the location on the progress bar to a location other than the progress bar, the continuous movement of the finger contact having a component parallel to the first direction and a component perpendicular to the first direction;

in response to detecting the continuous movement, cause the playback indicator to slide along the progress bar from a first position on the progress bar to a second position on the progress bar in accordance with the component of the movement of the finger contact that is parallel to the first direction; and

restart playback of a portion of the user-selected voicemail message corresponding to the second position on the progress bar.

22. The computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the instructions further cause the device to:

detect a scrolling gesture; and

in response to detecting the scrolling gesture, scroll the list of voicemail messages.

23. The computer readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein the scrolling gesture comprises a vertical movement of a finger of the user on the touch screen display.

24. The computer readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein the scrolling gesture has a horizontal position on the touch screen, and detecting the scrolling gesture is independent of the horizontal position of the gesture on the touch screen.

25. The computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein detecting selection by the user of a respective voicemail message comprises detecting a tap gesture by the finger of the user on the respective voicemail message.

26. The computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein responding to the user selection of the respective voicemail message includes highlighting the respective voicemail message in the list.

27. The computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the instructions further cause the device to:

detect selection by the user of a backup icon;

in response to detecting the user selection of the backup icon, back up the playback of the user-selected voicemail message by a predefined amount;

detect selection by the user of a speed up icon; and

in response to detecting the user selection of the speed up icon, increase the playback speed of the user-selected voicemail message.

28. The computer readable storage medium of claim 27, wherein the predefined amount is between one and five seconds.

29. The computer readable storage medium of claim 27, wherein increasing the playback speed comprises increasing the playback speed by at least 50%.

30. The computer readable storage medium of claim 27, wherein the instructions further cause the device to:

for a voicemail message being played at an increased playback speed, adjust the sound frequency or pitch of the playback.