Patent ID: 8688080

Claim:
Computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, cause a handset to perform a method of maintaining a password for accessing a visual-voicemail server, the method comprising: receiving at said handset a message that includes a password for accessing voicemail, wherein said message is received from said visual-voicemail server via a Short Message Service (SMS), wherein said password is received in response to a password request sent from said handset to said visual-voicemail server via a point-to-point data connection; storing said password; sending from said handset, to said visual-voicemail server, a request for voicemail data, wherein said request includes said password, and wherein sending said request for voicemail data includes communicating with a voicemail-abstraction server; and receiving at said handset said voicemail data from said visual-voicemail server.