Patent ID: 8000456

Claim:
A method for manipulating a voice message using a telephone user interface (TUI), the method comprising: rendering, using the TUI, a voice message to a telephonic device; receiving a mark begin segment command representing input from a first physical control at the telephonic device via the TUI, the mark begin segment command indicating a beginning point for a voice message segment in the voice message; storing a first time value corresponding to the beginning point based on receiving the mark begin segment command, wherein the first time value is stored separately from the voice message; receiving a mark end segment command representing input from a second physical control that differs from the first physical control at the telephonic device through the voice modality via the TUI, the mark end segment command indicating an ending point for the voice message segment in the voice message; storing a second time value corresponding to the ending point of the voice message segment based on receiving the mark end segment command, wherein the second time value is stored separately from the voice message; determining the voice message segment based on receiving the mark begin segment command and the mark end segment command, the voice message segment being a section of the voice message, the voice message segment having a duration being defined by the beginning point indicated by the first time value and the ending point indicated by the second time value, the first time value and the second time value being determined based on receiving respectively the mark begin segment command and the mark end segment command, wherein the mark begin segment command is a type of command that is different from a type of command of the mark end segment command; receiving, in response to a prompt at the telephonic device for a selection of an action from a menu of possible actions, an action command from the telephonic device via the TUI; and performing, by a computer processor, an action on the voice message segment based on the action command received from the telephonic device.