Patent ID: 8369493

Claim:
A method for recording a to-do list and adding to-do list items to a software calendar application, comprising: receiving an incoming call to a first communication device; answering the incoming call using a digital telephone answering device (DTAD), the DTAD being associated with the first communication device; prompting a caller to record an audio to-do list by the DTAD; recording the audio to-do list from the caller by the DTAD; converting the audio to-do list into a text to-do list by the DTAD prior to sending the text to-do list to a computing device; sending, by the DTAD, at least one to-do list item from the text to-do list to the computing device; and adding the at least one to-do list item to the software calendar application associated with the computing device, wherein the software calendar application is configured to provide reminders for performing the at least one to-do list item.