Patent ID: 7949353

Claim:
A method comprising: configuring a first port of a plurality of ports of a mobile device adapted to receive digital messages as a port to provide notification messaging to a user of the mobile device in a format non-native to the digital messages; configuring a second port of the plurality of ports of the mobile device adapted to receive the digital messages as a port to provide delivery of the digital messages in a format native to the digital messages; receiving a digital message at the mobile device; if the message is directed to the first port, providing notification messaging regarding the received digital message to the user in the format non-native to the received digital message; and if the message is directed to the second port, providing output of the received digital message to the user in the format native to the received digital message; wherein, as used herein, “port” means a number used for routing communications; and wherein “the message is directed to the first port” means that the message, at the time the message is received at the mobile device, has a header identifying the first port.