Patent ID: 7646857
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method, performed by a voicemail system, for providing voicemail services, comprising: receiving, by a processor associated with the voicemail system, priority information associated with a plurality of potential calling parties; storing, by the processor, the priority information in a memory associated with the voicemail system; receiving, by the processor, voicemail messages from more than one calling party of the potential calling parties, the voicemail messages being intended for a called party; identifying, by the processor, a name associated with each of the more than one calling party; storing, by the processor, the name associated with each calling party with the associated voicemail message in the memory; receiving, by the processor, a call from the called party for retrieving the stored voicemail messages; and audibly providing, by the processor, the names to the called party prior to providing the voicemail messages, the names being provided in an order based on the stored priority information.