Patent ID: 8380174
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method, for use in a mobile telephone for configuring voice mailbox configuration information at a remote voicemail system for storage in association with a voice mailbox of the mobile telephone, the mobile telephone including a memory and a user interface having a display which provides a graphical user interface of the mobile telephone, the method comprising: displaying, in the graphical user interface, a user input prompt for initializing or changing the voice mailbox configuration information; in response to the user input prompt, receiving the voice mailbox configuration information that is input via the graphical user interface and storing the voice mailbox configuration information in the memory; after receiving and storing the voice mailbox configuration information in the memory, initiating a connection with the remote voicemail system via a wireless network; transmitting, from the mobile telephone via the wireless network, and over the connection to the remote voicemail system, the stored voice mailbox configuration information and a command for initializing or changing the voice mailbox configuration information of the voice mailbox at the remote voicemail system; and accessing, via the wireless network, voicemail from the voice mailbox of the remote voicemail system which utilizes the voice mailbox configuration information.