Patent ID: 7796977

Claim:
A method in a mobile communication device which is operative for communications in a wireless communication network, the method being for configuring voice mailbox configuration information in a remote voicemail system for storage in association with a voice mailbox at the remote voicemail system which is utilized by the mobile device for voicemail, the method comprising the acts of: providing, in the mobile device, a user interface having a display which forms part of a graphical user interface (GUI) of the mobile device; while no connection is maintained between the mobile device and the remote voicemail system via the wireless communication network: visually displaying, in the GUI, a user input prompt for initializing or changing, at the remote voicemail system, the voice mailbox configuration information which is utilized when accessing the voice mailbox, the user input prompt corresponding to an audible user input prompt from the remote voicemail system; in response to visually displaying the user input prompt for initializing or changing the voice mailbox configuration information, receiving the voice mailbox configuration information that is input via the GUI and storing the voice mailbox configuration information in memory of the mobile device; after receiving and storing the voice mailbox configuration information via the GUI, initiating a connection with the remote voicemail system via the wireless communication network by causing a telephone number of the remote voicemail system to be dialed; causing the voice mailbox configuration information and a command for storing the voice mailbox configuration information to be transmitted, via the wireless communication network, through a wireless transmitter and over the connection to the remote voicemail system, for programmably configuring the voice mailbox at the remote voicemail system with the voice mailbox configuration information transmitted from the mobile device; and providing the GUI with voicemail retrieval and processing functions for end user retrieval and processing of voicemail messages in the voice mailbox which is programmably configured with the voice mailbox configuration information for use by the remote voicemail system upon mobile device access to the voice mailbox.