Patent ID: 7907707
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for storing voicemail messages, the method comprising: detecting a connection from a caller device to a callee's voicemail system during a communication attempt, wherein the callee is not available to accept the communication attempt; receiving, in a communication system, media for the communication attempt, the media being received from the caller device, wherein the media from the caller device is sent to the callee's voicemail system to form a voicemail message for storage by the callee's voicemail system; automatically forking, by the communication system and in real-time, the media from the caller device to the caller's voicemail system to provide a copy of the voicemail message that is also being stored in the callee's voicemail system; and storing the forked media as the copy of the voicemail message in the caller's voicemail system in real-time as the media is being sent to the callee's voicemail system.