Patent ID: 7564958
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for delivering a message comprising: determining if a first communication station is associated with a calling party that is a customer of a local service provider; ending processing if the first communication station is associated with a calling party that is not a customer of the local service provider; receiving a non-text message from the first communication station, wherein the message is an audible voice message, and wherein the first communication station is a first telephone station having a first telephone number; storing the non-text message to a data store; receiving an indication of a group that represents a plurality of destination communication stations, wherein the first communication station is a different station than each destination communication station, the plurality of destination communication stations comprising a) a destination telephone station and b) at least one network appliance, the group comprising a) a destination telephone number for each destination telephone station and b) and an e-mail address for each network appliance; for each destination communication station that is a destination telephone station: for each destination communication station that is a network appliance: for each destination communication station that is a destination telephone station: for each destination communication station, storing an indication that the message has been delivered to the destination communication station, and sending a prompt for the message prior to receiving the message; and annunciating, to the first communication station, a delivery status of each destination communication station based on the indication, the annunciation processed after each iteration of dialing the destination stations, wherein the destination stations are dialed at least a second time when a connection is not competed on the first dial.