Patent ID: 8515032

Claim:
A method for recording voice message usage information, comprising: (a) receiving by a voice message system a voice message from a voice message sender; (b) creating by the voice message system a first voice message record corresponding to the voice message and storing the first voice message record in a datastore, the datastore storing a plurality of voice message records, wherein the first voice message record comprises: the voice message; a voice message sender identity; at least a first voice message action record recording a send action for the voice message; and a sending time comprising a time when the voice message sender sends the voice message; and (c) creating by the voice message system a second voice message record corresponding to the voice message and storing the second voice message record in the datastore, the second voice message record comprising: the voice message; the voice message sender identity; a voice message recipient identity; at least a second voice message action record recording a receive action for the voice message; and a current time comprising a time when the receive action occurs.