CONTACT-NOTE APPLICATION AND SERVICES

• US 20170180526A1
• Filed: 12/08/2016
• Published: 06/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Shukla, Swadheen, Rao, Anurag, Raveendran, Bijoy, Sisodia, Paramveer Singh, Gupta, Netal, Singh, Jagdish, Mehendru, Anubhav, Aher, Pankaj, Sharma, Sejal, Chandran, Anish, Sridharan, Mahesh
• Granted Patent: US 10,536,569 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/38 Displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2038 Call context notifications
• 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 2250/68 with means for recording information, e.g. telephone number during a conversation recording of telephone conversations H04M1/656
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile

Abstract

A contact-note application is disclosed herein that runs in a computing device. When a phone call event occurs, the contact-note application is notified and responsively surfaces a prompt over a user interface to a phone call application. When the prompt is selected, the contact-note application surfaces a user interface to the contact-note application. The user interface provides the end-user with a view of a note associated with a contact on the phone call such that they user may create, edit, and consume the note.

Claims

1. A computing device comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media;

a processing system operatively coupled with the one or more computer readable storage media; and

a contact-note application stored on the one or more computer readable storage media and comprising program instructions that, when read and executed by the processing system, direct the processing system to at least;

receive notifications of phone call events that occur in association with a phone call application running on the computing device;

when a notification is received of a phone call event occurring in association with a phone call, identify a contact associated with the phone call and surface a prompt over a user interface to the phone call application to enter a user interface to the contact-note application; and

when the prompt is selected by a user, surface a user interface to the contact-note application that comprises a view of a note associated with the contact.

2. The computing device of claim 1 wherein the phone call event comprises one of an end of the phone call, receiving an incoming phone call, and placing an outgoing phone call.

3. The computing device of claim 2 wherein the note comprises a new note descriptive of the phone call, and wherein the view of the note includes an option to save the new note.

4. The computing device of claim 3 wherein the note comprises a previous note descriptive of a previous phone call associated with the contact.

5. The computing device of claim 1 wherein the program instructions further direct processing system to capture connection details of the phone call in the note.

6. The computing device of claim 5 wherein the program instructions further direct the processing system to capture contextual details of the phone call in the note.

7. The computing device of claim 6 wherein to capture the contextual details of the phone call in the note, the program instructions direct the processing system to surface contextual suggestions in the view of the note, receive a selection of a one of the contextual suggestions, and store the one of the contextual suggestions in the note.

8. The computing device of claim 1 wherein the view of the note includes a share option to share the note with other users.

9. The computing device of claim 1 wherein the view of the note includes contact information for the contact and notes associated with the contact.

10. The computing device of claim 9 further comprising a contacts application stored on the one or more computer readable storage media and that manages the contact information, wherein the program instructions direct the processing system to:

retrieve notes from a notes database associated with the contact-note application;

retrieve contact information from a contacts database associated with the contact-note application;

retrieve other contact information from a contacts database associated with the contacts application; and

populate the note with at least a portion of the notes, at least a portion of the contact information, and at least a portion of the other contact information.

11. An apparatus comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media;

a contact-note application stored on the one or more computer readable storage media and comprising program instructions that, when read and executed by a processing system, direct the processing system to at least;

receive notifications of phone call events that occur in association with a phone call application;

when a notification is received of a phone call event occurring in association with a phone call, identify a contact associated with the phone call and surface a prompt over a user interface to the phone call application to enter a user interface to the contact-note application; and

when the prompt is selected by a user, surface a user interface to the contact-note application that comprises a view of a note associated with the contact.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the phone call event comprises one of an end of the phone call, receiving an incoming phone call, and placing an outgoing phone call.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the note comprises a new note descriptive of the phone call, and wherein the view of the note includes an option to save the new note.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the note comprises a previous note descriptive of a previous phone call associated with the contact.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the program instructions further direct processing system to capture connection details of the phone call in the note and capture contextual details of the phone call in the note.

16. A method of operating a computing device comprising:

in a contact-note application running on the computing device, receiving notifications of phone call events that occur in association with a phone call application;

when a notification is received of a phone call event occurring in association with a phone call, the contact-note application identifying a contact associated with the phone call and surfacing a prompt over a user interface to the phone call application to enter a user interface to the contact-note application; and

when the prompt is selected by a user, the contact-note application surfacing a user interface to the contact-note application that comprises a view of a note associated with the contact.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the phone call event comprises one of an end of the phone call, receiving an incoming phone call, and placing an outgoing phone call.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the note comprises a new note descriptive of the phone call, and wherein the view of the note includes an option to save the new note.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the note comprises a previous note descriptive of a previous phone call associated with the contact.

20. The method of claim 16 further comprising the contact-note application capturing connection details of the phone call in the note and capturing contextual details of the phone call in the note.