Patent ID: 8606235

Claim:
A method for notifying one or more recipients of use of a mobile communications device, comprising: configuring the mobile communications device to include a set of parameters that indicate a condition for generating a notification message, the parameters defining at least one of a reminder condition, a notification condition, and a loss-of-service condition; storing the set of parameters in a memory of the mobile communications device; determining, in the mobile communications device, a state of the mobile communications device; comparing, in the mobile communications device, the state of the mobile communications device and the condition; and providing the notification message from the mobile communications device to a recipient in response to the comparison, further comprising: communicating by the communications device with a communications server; receiving from the communications server a request to generate the reminder message when the user registers with the communications server; comparing the request and the condition; and providing the reminder message to a user of the communications device.