Patent ID: 7308082

Claim:
A method to enable instant collaboration via the use of pervasive messaging, comprising the steps of: receiving a call from a caller to a callee transferring the call to a voicemail system when the callee is unavailable; determining if the callee is available via one or more instant messaging devices; querying the caller if they want to leave one among a voice message and an instant message; recording a voice message from the caller to the callee and generating a text message by transcribing the voice message if the caller elects the option of leaving the instant message; determining a preferred language for each one of said instant messaging devices, wherein said preferred language is determined according to a user profile corresponding to each one of said instant messaging devices; and translating the text message into the preferred language of each of said instant messaging devices having said corresponding user profile specifying a preferred language that is different from a language of the text message.