Patent ID: 7167702

Claim:
A mobile telephone communication inquiry method, for determining a status of each of two communication services, said method comprising: setting a user determined prioritization of said two communication services, said prioritization being indicative of a higher priority communication service and a lower priority communication service of the two communication services; and performing a communication service status inquiry, said status inquiry performing the steps of: contacting said higher priority communication service; determining a status of said higher priority communication service, said status indicating if communication content is presently being stored at a remote storage corresponding to said higher priority communication service; retrieving said stored communication content corresponding to said higher priority communication service, if said status indicates that communication content is presently being stored at said higher priority communication service remote storage; contacting said lower priority communication service after contacting said higher priority communication service; determining a status of said lower priority communication service, said status indicating if communication content is presently being stored at a remote storage corresponding to said lower priority communication service and retrieving said stored communication content corresponding to said lower priority communication service, if said status indicates that communication content is presently being stored at said lower priority communication service remote storage said status inquiry retrieves said stored communication content corresponding to said higher priority communication service and said lower priority communication service in succession and in one inquiring operation.