Patent ID: 7433680

Claim:
A method implemented by a push-to-talk wireless mobile terminal for communicating voice information comprising the steps of: determining if a first input from a user of a first mobile terminal is made requesting that selectable acceptance management be initiated for incoming calls not yet initiated to the first mobile terminal; if said determining step determines that the request has been made, transmitting from the first mobile terminal a first control message to a communication application server representing an instruction to implement selectable acceptance of future incoming calls to the first mobile terminal, where selectable acceptance includes storing at the communication application server an initial voice message associated with an incoming call from a calling party to the first mobile terminal and transmitting the stored initial voice message to the first mobile terminal from the communication application server during a first real-time communication session with the calling party only upon the communication application server receiving a playback signal from the first mobile terminal where the playback signal is distinct from another signal generated by the first mobile terminal upon a depression of a push-to-talk button on the first mobile terminal to answer an incoming call; receiving at the first mobile terminal the stored initial voice message in response to the transmission of the playback signal, where the stored initial voice message is received at the first mobile terminal while the calling party remains in the first real-time communication session with the communication application server and without the first mobile terminal having answered the incoming call by depression of the push-to-talk button on the first mobile terminal.