VOICEMAIL MANAGER FOR PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE

• US 20180309875A1
• Filed: 06/26/2018
• Published: 10/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: ANZURES, Freddy Allen, CHRISTIE, Gregory N., FORSTALL, Scott, NOVICK, Gregory, JOBS, Stephen P., CHAUDHRI, Imran, LEMAY, Stephen O., COFFMAN, Patrick L., CRANFILL, Elizabeth Caroline
• Granted Patent: US 10,732,834 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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. (canceled)

2. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

one or more input devices;

one or more output devices;

one or more processors;

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

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

detecting, via the one or more input devices, a user selection of a voicemail message in the list;

in response to detecting the user selection of the voicemail message, displaying, on the display, a progress bar corresponding to the selected voicemail message and a first affordance for deleting the selected voicemail message;

playing, via the one or more output devices, the selected voicemail message, wherein a playback indicator of the progress bar indicates a played portion of the selected voicemail message, and wherein the playback indicator is configured to slide in a first direction along the progress bar;

while playing the selected voicemail message, detecting, via the one or more input devices, a finger contact on the first affordance; and

in response to detecting the finger contact on the first affordance;

ceasing playing the selected voicemail message, and

removing display of the selected voicemail message from the list of voicemail messages.

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

detecting, via the one or more input devices, a scrolling gesture; and

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

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

5. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the scrolling gesture has a horizontal component on the touch screen, and detecting the scrolling gesture is independent of the horizontal component of the gesture on the touch screen.

6. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein detecting the user selection of a voicemail message comprises detecting a tap gesture by the finger of the user on the voicemail message.

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

in response to detecting the user selection of the voicemail message, highlighting the selected voicemail message in the list.

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

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

detecting, via the one or more input devices, a user selection of a speed up icon; and

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

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

adjusting a sound frequency or pitch of the playback of the selected voicemail message while the playback speed is increased.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display, one or more input devices, and one or more output devices, the one or more programs including instructions for:

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

detecting, via the one or more input devices, a user selection of a voicemail message in the list;

in response to detecting the user selection of the voicemail message, displaying, on the display, a progress bar corresponding to the selected voicemail message and a first affordance for deleting the selected voicemail message;

playing, via the one or more output devices, the selected voicemail message, wherein a playback indicator of the progress bar indicates a played portion of the selected voicemail message, and wherein the playback indicator is configured to slide in a first direction along the progress bar;

while playing the selected voicemail message, detecting, via the one or more input devices, a finger contact on the first affordance; and

in response to detecting the finger contact on the first affordance;

ceasing playing the selected voicemail message, and

removing display of the selected voicemail message from the list of voicemail messages.

11. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a display, one or more input devices, and one or more output devices;

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

detecting, via the one or more input devices, a user selection of a voicemail message in the list;

in response to detecting the user selection of the voicemail message, displaying, on the display, a progress bar corresponding to the selected voicemail message and a first affordance for deleting the selected voicemail message;

playing, via the one or more output devices, the selected voicemail message, wherein a playback indicator of the progress bar indicates a played portion of the selected voicemail message, and wherein the playback indicator is configured to slide in a first direction along the progress bar;

while playing the selected voicemail message, detecting, via the one or more input devices, a finger contact on the first affordance; and

in response to detecting the finger contact on the first affordance;

ceasing playing the selected voicemail message, and

removing display of the selected voicemail message from the list of voicemail messages.