Patent ID: 7532710
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: storing, at a first voicemail server, a voicemail message, received from a calling party for a called party, on behalf of a second voicemail server; determining, by the first voicemail server, whether the second voicemail server is available following storing the voicemail message, the determining including: entering, via the called party, a predetermined sequence of characters at a network device; determining, in response to the called party entering the predetermined sequence of characters, whether to provide the called party with access to the voicemail message based on a network address associated with the called party's network device by comparing the network address associated with the called party's network device to a stored list of network addresses; and providing access to the voicemail message when the network address associated with the called party's network device matches a network address in the stored list of network addresses.