Patent ID: 8385898
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: presenting a user interface on a first mobile device, the user interface including a display object graphically representing a messaging application that is configured for sending messaging information; establishing a telephone call with a call participant who is using a second mobile device; detecting, on the first mobile device, caller details associated with the call participant based on establishing the telephone call, the caller details including one or more of a telephone number and an email address corresponding to the call participant; receiving a first user input through the user interface for launching the messaging application while the telephone call is in progress; responsive to receiving the first user input, launching the messaging application, including generating a messaging template that is automatically populated with an address of the call participant based on the detected caller details; receiving a second user input through the user interface specifying messaging information to send to the call participant; and sending the messaging information comprising one of a text-based message and a multimedia message to the call participant during the telephone call using the generated messaging template; wherein the detecting comprises when the user is connected to a caller that is not listed in an address book of the user's mobile device, extracting recipient information from the connected call to insert into the generated messaging template.