Patent ID: 8140057

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving, via a processor, a request comprising a short message service (SMS) message to initiate a context-based voice call, where the SMS message comprises a calling number, a called number, and a text string comprising a context portion of the context-based voice call; extracting the text string from the SMS message; receiving a request to initiate a voice call portion of the context-based voice call from the calling number to the called number; synchronizing the voice call portion and the context portion of the context-based voice call between a calling device referenced by the calling number and a called device referenced by the called number comprising: displaying the text string as context for the context-based voice call; and generating a call indication to a user of the calling device; determining whether the voice call portion of the context-based voice call was answered by the user; and storing, in response to determining that the voice call portion of the context-based voice call was not answered by the user, the context portion and the calling number to a missed call list within a memory associated with the called device and that is adapted to store the context-based voice call information.