Patent ID: 8423010

Claim:
One or more non-transitory computer-storage media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for allowing a mobile communication device to perform a method activating communication-forwarding functions for the mobile communication device, the method comprising: receiving an activation message with instructions to forward a text message that is addressed to the mobile communication device to a second communication device and a telephone call that is addressed to the mobile communication device to a third communication device, wherein the activation message is received by the mobile communication device via a wireless signal, and wherein the activation message is generated by an activation-message generator that provides an interface that uses prompts to request information needed to generate the activation message; and in response to the activation message, activating a communication-forwarding application that runs on the mobile communication device and forwards text messages received by the mobile communication device to the second communication device and activating a communication-forwarding service that forwards telephones calls addressed to the mobile communication device to the third communications device, wherein the communication-forwarding service is operated apart from the mobile communication device, and wherein the communication-forwarding service is activated by the mobile communication device placing a call, without user intervention, to the communication-forwarding service.