Patent · US Expired

Graphical message notification

US6888927B1 · kind B1 · utility

330Cited by

21References

77Claims

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Assignee

Nortel Networks Limited · CA

Inventors

Brian Cruickshank · Oakville, CA
Paul Michael Brennan · Toronto, CA
John Lumsden · Birkenfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 28, 1998
Grant date	May 3, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 28, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04M2201/42
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides a method, apparatus and system for providing an addressee of a stored message with a graphical notification associated with a source of the stored message. In general terms, a communications device of the addressee is presented with the graphical notification in the form of an information signal which relates the stored message to at least one graphical image associated with the source of the stored message.

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