Patent ID: 7283808

Claim:
A method of processing a voice mail message in a unified messaging system using a wireless mobile communication device having circuitry for communicating over a wireless data communication channel and a wireless voice communication channel, the method comprising: receiving the voice mail message at the unified messaging system and storing it in a data store associated with a user of the wireless mobile communication device; detecting the stored voice mail message at the data store and transmitting a notification signal to the wireless mobile communication device via the wireless data communication channel, the notification signal including information regarding the voice mail message; displaying the voice mail message information on a display interface of the wireless mobile communication device, the display interface providing one or more commands for processing the voice mail message, wherein one of the one or more commands includes a message retrieval command; transmitting a command signal from the mobile communication device to the unified messaging system via the wireless data communication channel, the command signal including the message retrieval command; providing the message retrieval command to a voice mail system component of the unified messaging system; the voice mail system component initiating a voice call to the wireless mobile communication device in response to the message retrieval command via the voice communication channel; and transmitting the voice mail message to the wireless mobile communication device via the voice communication channel.