Patent ID: 8811576

Claim:
A voice messaging system, comprising: a controller; a user accessible voice message memory to store at least one user accessible voice message; and a deleted voice message memory to store at least one user deleted voice message; wherein: a first voice message is initially stored in said user accessible voice message memory as a first user accessible voice message, and upon a user selecting a keypad option to delete said first user accessible voice message from said user accessible voice message memory, said first user accessible voice message is automatically compressed, moved and restored in said deleted voice message memory as a first user deleted voice message, a total storage space allocated to each of said user accessible voice message memory and said deleted voice message memory from a common total memory space is dynamically adjusted to re-allocate a space available for said user accessible voice message memory and said deleted voice message memory; said first user deleted voice message stored in said deleted voice message memory is removable from said deleted voice message memory to effect permanent deletion; and said first user deleted voice message is removed from said deleted voice message memory upon reaching a predetermined percentage use of a memory capacity of said deleted voice message memory.