Patent ID: 8359011

Claim:
A mobile communication device, comprising: a user input interface; a non-visual response interface; a communications subsystem; and a processing subsystem in operable communication with the user input interface, the non-visual response interface, and the communications subsystem, the processing subsystem being configured to: selectively place the mobile communication device in a first device state when the mobile communication device is stored, or in a second device state when the mobile device is not stored, the processing subsystem being configured to be responsive to a query received via the user input interface in the first state, and unresponsive to the query in the second state; receive a selection via the user input interface, the selection being configured to suppress presentation of non-visual cues by the non-visual response interface upon message receipt; receive, via the communications subsystem, a message in a message inbox of the mobile communication device, the message inbox containing more than one message type; while the mobile communication device is in the first device state, receive the query via the user input interface; and communicate, in response to the query, despite receipt of the selection regarding suppression of non-visual cues a non-visual response to a user via the non-visual response interface, the non-visual response being configured to indicate contents of the message inbox with a single non-visual summary that distinguishes between message types.