Patent ID: 8358776

Claim:
A telephone, comprising: a user interface disposed on a user-facing surface of the telephone, the user interface operable to input information from a user and output information to the user; a speaker aperture disposed on a surface of the telephone, the speaker aperture operable to allow audio to pass from a speaker disposed in the telephone to the user; a microphone indicator disposed along an edge of the user-facing surface of the telephone and extending downward along a side surface of the telephone, the microphone indicator being inoperable to process audio; and a microphone aperture disposed proximate to the microphone indicator on a surface of the telephone other than the user-facing surface, the microphone aperture operable to allow audio to pass from the user to a microphone disposed in the telephone, the microphone indicator and the microphone being functionally independent, wherein the microphone indicator is arranged to direct the user to speak in a direction toward the microphone aperture.