Patent ID: 8102977

Claim:
A method of storing voicemail messages to caller specific voice message folders, comprising: receiving a call from a calling party to a voicemail system containing a plurality of voice message folders; when the voicemail system has a voice message folder associated with the calling party's telephone directory number, saving a voice message from the calling party in the voice message folder associated with the calling party's telephone directory number; when the voicemail system does not have a voice message folder associated with the calling party's telephone directory number; saving the voice message from the calling party in a general voice message folder, accessing the general voice message folder to retrieve a voice message saved therein wherein accessing the general voice message folder is initiated by a user, determining, based upon input received from the user, whether to create a specific voice message folder associated with the voice message retrieved from the general voice message folder; and creating the specific voice message folder associated with the telephone directory number associated with the voice message retrieved from the general voice message folder; and saving the voice message retrieved from the general voice message folder to the specific voice message folder.