Patent ID: 7664755
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: transmitting, from a transmitting computer to a receiving computing device, three options to accept a message from the transmitting computer, wherein the message includes a text component and an audio content; transmitting, from the transmitting computer to the receiving computing device, an instruction that cause the receiving computer device to present, on a video display at the receiving computing device, a first option, a second option, and a third option for accepting the message, wherein the first option is to accept the message at the receiving computing device with the audio content attached and fully enabled for activation upon receipt of the message, wherein the second option is to accept both the text component and the audio content of the message but to contemporaneously and temporarily disable the audio content by disabling a sound card on the receiving computing device upon receipt of the message, and wherein the third option is to accept only the text component of the message while rejecting a receipt of the audio content; receiving, by the transmitting computer, a instruction indicating which of the three options has been selected by a user of the receiving computing device for receiving the message; in response to the user selecting the first option: in response to the user selecting the second option: in response to the user selecting the third option: