Patent ID: 8761355

Claim:
A method for providing a notification to a preferred communication device of a plurality of communication devices associated with a user, where each of the communication devices can be designated as the preferred communication device, the method comprising: receiving, at a server, a notification from one of the communication devices indicating that incoming data has been received at the one communication device, where the incoming data includes an incoming call, a voice mail, or a short message service (SMS) message; and transmitting the received notification to the preferred communication device, where transmitting the received notification includes: transmitting a first text message to the preferred communication device when the incoming data includes the incoming call, transmitting a second text message to the preferred communication device when the incoming data includes the voice mail, the second text message providing a function to play back the voice mail and transmitting a third text message to the preferred communication device when the incoming data includes the SMS message, the third text message providing an ability to view the SMS message.