Patent ID: 8494490

Claim:
A system for providing messaging services comprising: a first server-side component functionally associated with a voicemail server and adapted to convert voice messages stored on the server into an encapsulated data structure suitable for transmission over a data link; and a software application functionally associated with a remote device and adapted to: a. receive from said first server-side component the voice messages in said data structure suitable for transmission over a data link; b. store the voice messages on storage functionally associated with said remote device; c. correlate each of one or more of the voice messages to data or images contained in a social networking site, the correlated data or images relating to a sender of the each of the one more voice messages; d. retrieve at least a portion of the correlated data or images from the social networking site; e. display to a user a list of the voice messages, wherein the displayed list includes a display of at least a portion of the retrieved data or images, each given displayed data or image being displayed in association to the each of the one more voice messages the given data or image is correlated to; and f. provide a user with an interface to select and play a voicemail from said list.