Patent ID: 7903793

Claim:
A method of creating an electronic message for sending from a communication system, the method comprising: establishing a telephone connection between the system and a subscriber; receiving through the telephone connection from the subscriber a first sound input identifying a text template from a plurality of text templates, the text template being for creating electronic messages, wherein the text template comprises a first prompted variable corresponding to a first prompted variable text field of the electronic message, the electronic message comprising a body of text; prompting the subscriber through the telephone connection to provide a selected first variable value for the first prompted variable from among a plurality of predetermined first variable values; receiving through the telephone connection from the subscriber a third sound input identifying the selected first variable value for the first prompted variable; determining from the third sound input the selected first variable value for the first prompted variable; creating the electronic message from the text template, wherein the step of creating comprises including the selected first variable value of the first prompted variable as text in the first variable text field of the electronic message; receiving through the telephone connection from the subscriber a second sound input confirming that the subscriber wishes to send the electronic message; and sending the electronic message.