Patent ID: 8081741
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of presenting a customized message to a calling party and for allowing the calling party to save the customized message, comprising: saving the customized message from a called party for presentation to the calling party; associating the customized message with an identifier of the calling party; receiving a call from the calling party directed to the called party; determining whether the call from the calling party is associated with the customized message; if the call from the calling party is associated with the customized message, playing the customized message from the called party to the calling party; after playing the customized message to the calling party, receiving an indication from the calling party to save the customized message from the called party to a location designated by the calling party for later retrieval by the calling party; and saving the customized message to the location designated by the calling party for later retrieval by the calling party, wherein if the call from the calling party is not associated with the customized message, the call is routed to the called party.