Patent ID: 6999566
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A system for enabling the deletion of a pending voicemail message, the system comprising: a voicemail system associated with a recipient capable of receiving and storing a voicemail message sent by a sender and intended for the recipient, of transmitting a status message to a voicemail system associated with the sender in response to receiving the voicemail message, and of deleting the voicemail message in response to a request from the voicemail system associated with the sender; and a voicemail system associated with the sender capable of receiving the status message from the voicemail system associated with the recipient, storing the status message in a database record associated with the sender, and transmitting a request to the voicemail system associated with the recipient to delete a voicemail message in response to receiving a deletion request from a server computer; and a server computer operative to receive a request to delete the voicemail message and, in response to receiving the request, determining based upon the database record whether the voicemail message is pending, and, in response to determining that the message is pending, transmitting a request to the voicemail system associated with the sender to delete the voicemail message, wherein the voicemail system associated with the sender is further operative to delete the status message from the database record associated with the sender following transmission of the request to the voicemail system associated with the recipient to delete the voicemail message and wherein the voicemail system associated with the recipient is further capable of transmitting a notification message to the recipient indicating that the voicemail message has been deleted.