Patent ID: 8594634
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. In a telephone device, a method comprising: receiving a call from a caller, wherein the call has an associated unique notification identifier (NID); in response to the call not being answered at the telephone device, forwarding the call to a message storage facility at which the caller is allowed to leave a message, wherein the message is one or more of a voicemail, a video message, and a text message; in response to the caller leaving the message, associating the NID with the message; placing the NID within a missed call log to provide unequivocal identification of a corresponding missed call; displaying a notification of the message along with the NID on a display device, such that unequivocal identification of a source of the message is provided; in response to detecting initiation of a return call to a phone number corresponding to the NID associated with a missed call that has a voicemail message notification displayed along with the NID in the missed call log: wherein: the NID is received as an SMS message during the call and provides unequivocal identification of the call received; and the association of the NID with the message provides unequivocal and automatic identification of the corresponding missed call linked with the message on the display device.