Patent ID: 8155281
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: A61K,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: recording and storing one or more voice mail messages in a voice mailbox of a subscriber, the storing including storing and associating each of the one or more voice mail messages with a telephone number and a voice mail retrieval address; sending, to the subscriber, a text-based message including the voice mail retrieval address for each of the one or more stored voice mail messages notifying the subscriber of the one or more voice mails in the voice mailbox, the voice mail retrieval address being an index to retrieve the message; receiving a selection of the voice mail retrieval address included in the text-based message; retrieving the voice mail message associated with the voice mail retrieval address as a function of the voice mail retrieval address; and playing the voice mail message associated with the selected one of the voice mail retrieval address.