Patent ID: 8798597

Claim:
A method of processing voicemail messages in a mobile communication device, the mobile communication device including a memory, a wireless transceiver, and a user interface, the method comprising: receiving, via the wireless transceiver, a first voicemail notification message associated with a first voicemail message received at a first remote voicemail systems, the voicemail notification message comprising voicemail retrieval information related to the first remote voicemail system, the voicemail retrieval information related to the first remote voicemail system comprising a first dual tone-multiple frequency (DTMF) command set for voicemail messages processing functions of the first remote voicemail system; receiving, via the wireless transceiver, a second voicemail notification message associated with a second voicemail message received at a second remote voicemail system, the second voicemail notification message comprising voicemail retrieval information related to the second remote voicemail system, the voicemail retrieval information related to the second remote voicemail system comprising a second DTMF command set for voicemail messages processing functions of the second remote voicemail system which is different from the first DTMF command set for the first remote voicemail system; detecting, via the user interface, an end-user selection of a visual object or switch which is visually indicative of a voicemail message processing function; causing the following acts to be performed in response to detecting the end-user selection of the visual object or switch: selecting a DTMF command code associated with the voicemail message processing function of the selected visual object or switch from the voicemail retrieval information related to the first or the second remote voicemail system; and sending the selected DTMF command code to the first or the second remote voicemail system for invoking the voicemail message processing function at the first or the second remote voicemail system.