Apple Sued over iPhone's Visual Voicemail

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Apple Sued over iPhone's Visual Voicemail

by Tim Stevens, posted Dec 4th 2007 at 5:03PM

In the iPhone's slim case are a number of simple yet important improvements to the standard cell phone interface culminating in what some consider to be the most usable phone on the market. One such improvement, called "Visual Voicemail", turns voice mail messages into audio files that can be listened to in any order. They're also displayed based on the sender so you know, ahead of time, who the message is from. One company, Klausner Technologies, is alleging that it had visual voicemail first.

Klauser says it has not one but two patents that cover iPhone's visual voicemail. The company has already received settlements from AOL and Vonage in similar lawsuits over the same two patents. Will Apple cave and shell out some cash, or is Klauser due for a drawn out battle in Texas Eastern District Court with Apple's wily suits?

From CNET News.com

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Tags: iPhone, Visual Voicemail, VisualVoicemail

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jrnacho @ Dec 4th 2007 10:35PM

That is pathetic even companies fight and sue over something the public calls video voicemail, i thought that many years ago ASSUMING so had everyone else? LOL

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