Patent ID: 8335494

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for providing reply reminders to a vehicle occupant in a vehicle, the computer-implemented method comprising: wirelessly receiving at a vehicle computer information indicating one or more unanswered communications from a nomadic telephone device; receiving at the vehicle computer time and/or date information for the one or more unanswered communications; defining a reply period based on the time and/or date information; automatically monitoring at the vehicle computer a passage of time based on the reply period; determining at the vehicle computer if the one or more unanswered communications have been answered within the reply period; generating a reminder at the vehicle computer if the one or more unanswered communications have not been answered within the predefined reply period; presenting the reminder in a vehicle; receiving information, stored on a computing system remote from the vehicle, designating the one or more unanswered communications as a priority; designating the one or more unanswered communications as a priority based on the information; and modifying the reply period based on designating the one or more unanswered calls as a priority.