Patent ID: 7035382

Claim:
A voice mailbox management method in a user mobile telecommunications terminal using a short message, the voice mailbox management method comprising the steps of: (a) accessing a voice mail server, receiving a new or previously stored voice message stored in a voice mailbox of the voice mail server, and outputting the voice message to a user; (b) sending to the voice mail server a user input for storing the new voice message or deleting the new or previously stored voice message stored in the voice mailbox of the voice mail server, and finishing the access to the voice mail server; (c) when a state change in the new or previously stored voice message stored in the voice mailbox of the voice mail server occurs due to the user input sent in the step (b), receiving from the voice mail server a short message indicating the state change of the new or previously stored voice message stored in the voice mailbox of the voice mail server, wherein the short message comprises a message identifier of the new or previously stored voice message stored in the voice mailbox of the voice mail server; and (d) according to the state change of the voice message stored in the voice mailbox of the voice mail server, which is indicated through the short message received in the step (c), modifying information regarding the new or previously stored voice message stored in the voice mailbox of the user mobile telecommunication terminal.