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Methods and apparatus for reliable voicemail message deletion alerts at mobile communication devices

  • US 8,391,448 B2
  • Filed: 12/27/2010
  • Issued: 03/05/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method in mobile communication device operative in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:

  • receiving, via the wireless network, an initial voicemail notification message corresponding to a voicemail message received at a voicemail system, the initial voicemail notification message indicating an initial message deletion date;

    accessing, via the wireless network, the voicemail message from the voicemail system;

    monitoring, at the mobile device, to identify when a current date reaches the initial message deletion date;

    causing a save command to be transmitted, via the wireless network, from the mobile device to the voicemail system, which causes the voicemail message to be saved at the voicemail system;

    when the voicemail message is saved;

    receiving, via the wireless network, an updated voicemail notification message corresponding to the saved voicemail message, the updated voicemail notification message indicating an updated message deletion date;

    monitoring, at the mobile device, to identify when the current date reaches the updated message deletion date; and

    when the current date reaches the initial or the updated message deletion date, producing at the mobile device a voicemail message deletion alert indicating that the voicemail message will be deleted by the voicemail system.

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