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Patent US7996792 - Voicemail manager for portable multifunction device - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign in<nobr>Advanced Patent Search</nobr>PatentsA 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...http://www.google.com/patents/US7996792?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7996792 - Voicemail manager for portable multifunction deviceAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7996792 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/770,720Publication dateAug 9, 2011Filing dateJun 28, 2007Priority dateSep 6, 2006Also published asCA2661856A1, DE112007002090T5, EP2069895A1, EP2069895B1, US20080055264, US20110254800, WO2008030780A1Publication number11770720, 770720, US 7996792 B2, US 7996792B2, US-B2-7996792, US7996792 B2, US7996792B2InventorsFreddy Allen Anzures, Greg Christie, Scott Forstall, Gregory Novick, Steven P. Jobs, Imran Chaudhri, Stephen O. Lemay, Patrick Lee Coffman, Elizabeth Caroline FurchesOriginal AssigneeApple Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (44), Non-Patent Citations (19), Referenced by (16), Classifications (17), Legal Events (1) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetVoicemail manager for portable multifunction deviceUS 7996792 B2Abstract 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.
RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority to: (A) U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/879,469, filed Jan. 8, 2007, entitled �Portable Multifunction Device�; (B) U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/879,253, filed Jan. 7, 2007, entitled �Portable Multifunction Device�; (C) U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/883,799, filed Jan. 7, 2007, entitled �Voicemail Manager for Portable Multifunction Device�; and (D) U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/824,769, filed Sep. 6, 2006, entitled �Portable Multifunction Device.� All of these applications are incorporated by referenced herein in their entirety.
TECHNICAL FIELD The disclosed embodiments relate generally to portable electronic devices, and more particularly, to portable devices that access voicemail.
SUMMARY The above deficiencies and other problems associated with user interfaces for portable devices are reduced or eliminated by the disclosed portable multifunction device. In some embodiments, the device has a touch-sensitive display (also known as a �touch screen�) with a graphical user interface (GUI), one or more processors, memory and one or more modules, programs or sets of instructions stored in the memory for performing multiple functions. In some embodiments, the user interacts with the GUI primarily through finger contacts and gestures on the touch-sensitive display. In some embodiments, the functions may include telephoning, video conferencing, e-mailing, instant messaging, blogging, digital photographing, digital videoing, web browsing, digital music playing, and/or digital video playing. Instructions for performing these functions may be stored in a computer readable storage medium configured for execution by one or more processors.
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