Patent ID: 8917835

Claim:
A method comprising: detecting at a voicemail server an activation of a visual voicemail client; determining at the voicemail server that at least one privacy protection feature is enabled; determining at the voicemail server that a first device associated with a voicemail account is within a defined security area associated with a user device executing the visual voicemail client; disabling at the voicemail server the at least one privacy protection feature responsive to determining that the first device is within the defined security area; transmitting voicemail data from the voicemail server to the visual voicemail client while the at least one privacy protection feature is disabled; determining at the voicemail server that a second device not associated with the voicemail account has entered the defined security area; and responsive to determining that the second device not associated with the voicemail account has entered the defined security area, enabling at the voicemail server the at least one privacy protection feature.