PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE VOICE MAIL NOTIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD

摘要

A communication system (100) includes at least one mobile communication device having a message indicator device, and a voice mail messaging center (104). The voice mail messaging center includes a voice mailbox (112) associated with the at least one mobile communication device (118). The voice mail messaging center directs a call to the voice mailbox associated with the at least one mobile communication device for recording a message when the mobile communication device is unable to receive the call. The voice mail messaging center optimizes communication from the messaging center to the mobile communication device when a voice mail message is recorded and the voice mailbox previously contained no messages, a second message indicator when the voice mailbox is full, and a third message indicator when the voice mailbox becomes empty.