Methods and apparatus for reliable voicemail message deletion alerts at mobile communication devices

Abstract From the Canadian patent

In one illustrative method of processing voicemail information at a mobile communication device, a first voicemail notification message corresponding to a , voicemail message associated with a voicemail system is received through a wireless , transceiver of the mobile device. The first voicemail notification message includes a first , voicemail message time expiration value associated with the voicemail message which is , stored in memory of the mobile device. If an expiration of the first voicemail message , time expiration value occurs prior to a predetermined event (e.g. an earlier saving or , deleting of the voicemail message) a voicemail message deletion indication is produced …