Patent ID: 8856383

Claim:
A method of updating information on one or more of a first party's plurality of communications devices comprising: establishing an individual user account for the first party on a call-processing system, the call-processing system being operably coupled to the first party's plurality of communication devices; wherein updated information is processed by a central server; granting a second party access to the first party's account, wherein the second party comprises a caregiver associated with the first party and wherein access to the first party's account is restricted to only persons granted authority by the first party or the second party; receiving information from the second party at a central server of the call-processing system, wherein the information comprises device configuration parameters to be applied to current features of the one or more of the first party's plurality of communication devices; transmitting the information from the central server to one or more of the first party's plurality of communication devices to update the information contained on one or more of the first party's plurality of communication devices; wherein the central server initiates an alert on all or some of the first party's linked communication devices to notify the first party of the updated information made at the central server; wherein the first party's plurality of communication devices are selected from the group consisting of corded telephones, cordless telephones, answering machines, cellular phones, personal digital assistants, desktop computers, laptop computers, wristwatches, pagers, and clock radios; and wherein the device configuration parameters are selected from the group consisting of information regarding contacts, calendar events, reminders, alerts, ring or alert tones, volumes, snooze parameters, speed dial keys, and outgoing answering messages.