Patent ID: 8103253

Claim:
A method for communicating information to a user, comprising: transmitting a first indicator message to a communication device associated with a particular user, the first indicator message indicating receipt of a first audio message for the user; after transmitting the first indicator message, transmitting a second indicator message to the communication device, the second indicator message indicating receipt of a second audio message for the user; receiving, from the communication device, a first playback request requesting playback of the second audio message; in response to receiving the first playback request, storing audio data associated with the second audio message in a queue in electronic memory; receiving, from the communication device, a second playback request requesting playback of the first audio message while transmitting audio data associated with the second audio message to the communication device from the queue; in response to receiving the second playback request, storing audio data associated with the first audio message in the queue while concurrently transmitting audio data associated with the second audio message to the communication device from the queue; and after completing transmission of the audio data associated with the second audio message to the communication device, transmitting audio data associated with the first audio message to the communication device from the queue.