Patent ID: 8068816
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for use in a cellular telephone for configuring voice mailbox configuration information at a remote voicemail system for storage in association with a voice mailbox of the cellular telephone, the cellular telephone being further configured to access voicemail from the voice mailbox at the remote voicemail system via a cellular network, the cellular telephone including a memory and a user interface having a display which provides a graphical user interface of the cellular telephone, the method comprising: visually displaying, in the graphical user interface, a user input prompt for initializing or changing, at the remote voicemail system, the voice mailbox configuration information; in response to visually displaying 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 the cellular network; and causing the stored voice mailbox configuration information and a command for setting the voice mailbox configuration information to be transmitted, via the cellular network, over the connection to the remote voicemail system, for configuring the voice mailbox with the voice mailbox configuration information transmitted from the cellular telephone, the voice mailbox configuration information being utilized by the remote voicemail system upon cellular telephone access to the voice mailbox.