Patent ID: 8520814

Claim:
A method for selecting a missed call alert, the method being performed by a communications device, the method comprising: Comparing a telephone number, of a caller of an unattended received communications call received by the communication device, with a database of alert profiles stored in a memory of the communications device, the comparing identifying a call reminder alert time profile according to the telephone number of the caller for the unattended received communications call, the database storing user selectable alert profiles for a plurality of telephone numbers, and the call reminder alert time profiles having repeat profiles for at least two telephone numbers in the data base with different respective defined time interval frequencies; Selecting, from the database of alert profiles, an identified call reminder alert time profile for the unattended received communications call according to the profile for the telephone number of the caller; and Emitting the missed call reminder alert based on the identified call reminder alert time profile for the telephone number, wherein emitting the missed call reminder alert is repeated at the time interval frequency determined by the call reminder alert time profile associated with the telephone number of the caller.