Patent ID: 7082298

Claim:
In a computerized system that includes one or more mobile devices and an electronic message server supporting wireless communication, wherein at least some of the mobile devices have an input system that is optimized for numeric input rather than text input, and wherein at least some of the mobile devices are capable of sending and receiving electronic messages, a method of composing an electronic message using a mobile device, the method comprising acts of: receiving a command to begin composing an electronic message at a mobile device; receiving a command to add audio content to the electronic message at the mobile device, wherein a total amount of audio content added is limited to a predetermined maximum set for a single electronic message, wherein the limitation of the predetermined maximum set is dictated by an available storage and a communication bandwidth of said device; diverting to a temporary storage within the mobile device, an audio content stream received at an audio input wherein the total amount of audio content diverted to the temporary storage is limited to the predetermined maximum; displaying a progress indicator to show a current amount of temporary storage used in storing the data audio content stream compared to the predetermined maximum; storing the audio content stream within the mobile device in a format that is compatible with adding audio content to the electronic message; and attaching the formatted audio content to the electronic message at the mobile device.