Patent ID: 8903054

Claim:
A method, comprising: conveying a graphical interface to a subscriber of a telephone service, wherein the telephone service provides a plurality of telephone numbers to the subscriber, wherein a plurality of users are associated with the subscriber; providing, via the graphical interface, a first option to designate a first one of the telephone numbers as a private telephone number to which only a first one of the users has access; providing, via the graphical interface, a second option to designate a second one of the telephone numbers as a shared telephone number to which a second one and a third one of the users have access; and in response to a selection of the second option: enabling the subscriber, via the graphical interface, to assign a first private voicemail box accessible via the shared telephone number to only the second one of the users; and enabling the subscriber, via the graphical interface, to assign a second private voicemail box accessible via the shared telephone number to only the third one of the users.