Patent ID: 7212614

Claim:
A method for communicating voice-messages with stored attachments to a voice mail subscriber using a voice mail system, said method comprising the steps of: receiving at a receiver of the voice mail subscriber a voice-mail message; receiving at the receiver of a calling party a prompt to leave an attachment to the voice mail message and a location for the attachment, receiving at a receiver of the voice mail subscriber the location of the attachment to the voice-mail message; storing at a receiver of the voice mail subscriber the location of the attachment to the voice-mail message; providing access for the voice mail subscriber to the voice-mail message, receiving at the receiver of the voice mail subscriber a prompt to access the attachment, and, as a separate step, providing access for the voice mail subscriber to the attachment to the voice-mail message, wherein the stored attachment is separate from the voice-mail message and is stored at a location separate from the receiver.