Methods and systems for notification of call to device

摘要

Methods and systems for providing a call notification, voice mail message notification, or SMS message for a wireless device to a user's preferred device. When a wireless device receives an incoming call, a voice mail message, or a SMS message, the wireless device connects to a network and sends a notification to the user's preferred device. If the preferred device is not available, the notification is stored in a database.

主权项

1. 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 andtransmitting 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.