Patent ID: 6778642
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method for providing unified messaging, comprising:storing a plurality of input messages, each input message being of a particular type selected from the group consisting of a voice message, a text message, and an image wherein each input message further identifies a destination; determining the type of each input message; assigning an identifier for each input message based on the determined message type; displaying a view of the input messages, the view including information identifying and the assigned identifier for each input message; providing in the displayed view at least one icon associated with one of the input message types that, when selected, eliminates from the view all of the input messages except those associated with the input message type of the icon; receiving a signal indicating a selection to view messages identifying a particular destination, wherein the plurality of input messages are stored for a particular user and the particular destination is selected from at least the particular user's home and the particular user's office; and modifying the view of the input messages based on the received signal.