Patent ID: 7721224

Claim:
A method implemented on an electronic calendar apparatus by a processor configured to execute instructions that, when executed by the processor, direct the electronic calendar apparatus to perform acts comprising: displaying a graphical user interface comprising a first region having a calendar and a second region having a message receiver graphical user interface configured to display a first icon representing a voice message and a second icon representing a text message, wherein both the first region and the second region are visible simultaneously in a same display; receiving at least one message and storing that message; displaying a message indicator in the second region comprising the message receiver graphical user interface on the basis of the received message, wherein the message indicator comprises a name of the sender and an image representing the sender; receiving user input at the message receiver graphical user interface, the user input being associated with the displayed message indicator; presenting content of the received message by displaying the received message graphically at the graphical user interface; allowing editing of the calendar on the basis of user input received directly at the calendar apparatus; preventing, by the processor, editing of the calendar on the basis of user input received from an entity remote to the calendar apparatus; and receiving the user input at the graphical user interface, the user input comprising selection of a message indicator and dragging and dropping the message indicator by touch sensor screen finger commands into a specific day on the calendar.