Patent ID: 8798241

Claim:
A method for managing incoming voicemail messages at a visual voicemail system, the method comprising: receiving, at the visual voicemail system, a new voicemail message for a voicemail account associated with a mobile device; in response to receiving the new voicemail message, generating, by the visual voicemail system, a deposit notification message that is directed to the mobile device to inform the mobile device that the new voicemail message is available for download; sending, by the visual voicemail system, the notification message to the mobile device; completing, by the visual voicemail system, establishment of a secure data session with the mobile device, wherein establishment of the secure data session is initiated by the mobile device in response to the deposit notification message; receiving, at the visual voicemail system during the secure data session, a request from the mobile device, the request being for voicemail message header information in response to the deposit notification message; sending, by the visual voicemail system, the voicemail message header information to the mobile device during the secure data session in response to the request, wherein the mobile device is configured to utilize the voicemail message header information to determine a status for each voicemail message stored on the mobile device and to identify, based upon the status for each voicemail message stored on the mobile device, the new voicemail message; receiving, at the visual voicemail system during the secure data session, a request for at least the new voicemail message; and sending, by the visual voicemail system, at least a portion of the new voicemail message to the mobile device during the secure data session in response to the request for the at least the new voicemail message.