Patent ID: 7894580

Claim:
A method of processing voicemail information at a mobile communication device, the method comprising the acts of: receiving, via a wireless communication network, through a wireless transceiver of the mobile communication device, a first voicemail notification message corresponding to a voicemail message associated with a voicemail system; storing, in memory of the mobile communication device, first voicemail message information of the first voicemail notification message, the first voicemail message information including a first voicemail message time expiration value associated with the voicemail message; if the voicemail message is saved at the voicemail system after retrieving the voicemail message: receiving, via the wireless communication network and through the wireless transceiver, a second voicemail notification message corresponding to the saved voicemail message, the second voicemail notification message having second voicemail message information which includes a second voicemail message time expiration value associated with the saved voicemail message; updating, in the memory, the first voicemail message time expiration value with the second voicemail message time expiration value; and in response to detecting an expiration, at the mobile communication device, of the first voicemail message time expiration value or the second voicemail message time expiration value if the voicemail message was saved after its retrieval: causing a voicemail message deletion indication to be produced at a user interface of the mobile communication device.