Patent ID: 6252948
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A telephone note-taking device, adapted to take notes from a user before the user places an outgoing telephone call through the telephone note-taking device, comprising:selecting means, responsive to user selection, for enabling the user to select a telephone using mode through which, when selected, the telephone note-taking device is instructed to accept notes to be entered by the user and subsequently, upon a further command from the user, initiate an outgoing telephone call to a called party;party designating/inputting means, responsive to said selecting means, for enabling the user to designate the called party to which the telephone call is to be directed, wherein the party designating/inputting means begins operation when the user selects the telephone using mode via the selecting means;transmitting means, operative in conjunction with said selecting means and responsive to the further command from the user, for initiating the outgoing telephone call between the user and the called party, said further command being separate from and subsequent to the user selection of the telephone using mode;note inputting means for accepting the notes entered by the user before the outgoing telephone call is initiated, said note inputting means automatically commencing operation, so as to accept the notes, sequentially after the party designating/inputting means starts operation but before the user, through the selecting means, commands the device means to initiate the telephone call;storing means, connected to said note inputting means, for storing said notes entered via the note inputting means; andnote displaying means, connected to the note inputting means, for displaying the notes to the user as the notes are entered thereby.