Patent ID: 8768320

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving a communication on an access terminal; identifying the communication on the access terminal; associating the communication with a pre-programmed response stored on the access terminal, wherein associating the communication with the pre-programmed response comprises: displaying identification information for the communication on the access terminal; displaying a list of contexts on the access terminal; receiving a user selection of a context from the displayed list of contexts; displaying a list of pre-recorded response messages on the access terminal based on the selected context, wherein: each pre-recorded response message is recorded prior to receiving the communication and stored on the access terminal; and each pre-recorded response message includes an indication to inform a recipient of the selected context; receiving a user selection of a pre-recorded response message from the displayed list of pre-recorded response messages; and associating the selected pre-recorded response message with the communication; and responding to the communication from the access terminal using the selected pre-recorded response message.