Patent ID: 8391448

Claim:
A method in mobile communication device operative in a wireless communication network, the method comprising: receiving, via the wireless network, an initial voicemail notification message corresponding to a voicemail message received at a voicemail system, the initial voicemail notification message indicating an initial message deletion date; accessing, via the wireless network, the voicemail message from the voicemail system; monitoring, at the mobile device, to identify when a current date reaches the initial message deletion date; causing a save command to be transmitted, via the wireless network, from the mobile device to the voicemail system, which causes the voicemail message to be saved at the voicemail system; when the voicemail message is saved: receiving, via the wireless network, an updated voicemail notification message corresponding to the saved voicemail message, the updated voicemail notification message indicating an updated message deletion date; monitoring, at the mobile device, to identify when the current date reaches the updated message deletion date; and when the current date reaches the initial or the updated message deletion date, producing at the mobile device a voicemail message deletion alert indicating that the voicemail message will be deleted by the voicemail system.