Patent ID: 7916842
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: storing, in a memory of a voicemail system, priority information associated with a plurality of potential calling parties, the priority information being received from a called party; associating, in the memory, a first voicemail message with a name of a first calling party from which the first voicemail message is received, the first calling party corresponding to one of the potential calling parties; associating, in the memory, a second voicemail message with a name of a second calling party from which the second voicemail message is received, the second calling party corresponding to another of the potential calling parties; receiving, by a processor of the voicemail system, a call from the called party for retrieving voicemail messages from the memory; and audibly providing, by the processor and based on receiving the call, the name of the first calling party and the name of the second calling party, to the called party, prior to providing the first voicemail message and the second voicemail message to the called party, the names of the first calling party and the second calling party being provided in an order based on the stored priority information.