Patent ID: 8576994
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a server configured to manage shared voice messages across disparate voice messaging systems, the server further configured to: transmit a shared voice message received from a sender communications device to a plurality of voice messaging systems of a plurality of recipient communications devices, the plurality of voice messaging systems of the recipient communications devices being independent from a voice messaging system of the sender communications device; access the plurality of voice messaging systems of the plurality of recipient communications devices; retrieve the status of the shared voice message in the plurality of voice messaging systems of the plurality of recipient communications devices; and transmit the status of the shared voice message in the plurality of voice messaging systems of the plurality of recipient communications devices to the voice messaging system of the sender device so that the status of the shared message in the plurality of voice messaging systems of the plurality of recipient communications devices is updated at the voice messaging system of the sender communications device.