Patent ID: 9020108
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a message played notification, comprising: providing a software program for a mobile computing device associated with a first user; storing one or more phone addresses in one or more contact records, wherein at least a portion of the one or more phone addresses are associated with one or more inbound calls directed to the mobile computing device associated with the first user; wherein the one or more contact records are stored in a contacts data store accessible by the software program installed on the mobile computing device of the first user; receiving at the software program, installed on the mobile computing device of the first user, a voice message directed to the first user wherein the voice message originated from a second user, wherein the second user is associated with a contact record in the contacts data store; providing a user interface via the software program, installed on the mobile computing device of the first user, by which the received voice message can be played by the first user; and at least partly in response to receiving a first indication that the software program has played a portion of the received voice message while the software program, installed on the mobile computing device of the first user, is online, automatically transmitting a corresponding notification to the second user.