Patent ID: 8233607
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a facility configured to detect a concurrent call condition including a first call from a first communications device associated with a first phone number to a second communications device associated with a second phone number and a second call to the first communications device from a third communications device associated with a third phone number, wherein the facility is configured to provide a user-indicator in response to detection of the concurrent call condition, the concurrent call condition being detected based on a contact entry of a database, the contact entry associating the second phone number and the third phone number with a contact, wherein the second phone number is different from the third phone number, wherein the facility is configured to initiate a release of the first call and configured to initiate a call connection of the second call, in response to a predetermined user input received by the first communications device, wherein the first call includes a call connection between the first communications device and a voicemail system associated with the second communications device, wherein the release of the first call includes terminating the call connection between the first communications device and the voicemail system and the release includes prompting a user of the communications device to delete an incomplete voicemail message prior to the termination.