Patent ID: 6987962

Claim:
A method of routing calls to a wireless voicemail system coupled with a wireless telecommunications network, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving an incoming call intended for a user over the wireless telecommunications network; (b) routing the call of step (a) to the wireless voicemail system coupled with the wireless telecommunications network if the call is unanswered; (c) receiving an incoming call intended for the user over a landline telecommunications network, wherein the landline telecommunications network includes a landline voicemail system; (d) determining if the user elected to receive messages for calls over the landline telecommunications network in the wireless voicemail system coupled with the wireless telecommunications network; (e) if the answer to step (d) is yes, routing the call of step (c) to the wireless voicemail system coupled with the wireless telecommunications network if the call is unanswered so that unanswered calls directed to the user over either the wireless telecommunications network or landline telecommunications network are routed to the wireless voicemail system; (f) notifying the user of receipt of a message in the wireless voicemail system by sending a message notification to the user over the wireless telecommunications network; and (g) notifying the user of the receipt of the message in the wireless voicemail system of the wireless tel. netw. by sending a message notification to the user over the landline telecommunications network so that the user is notified of receipt of the message regardless of which network the user is currently using.