Patent ID: 7233982

Claim:
A method in an application server for accessing a messaging server, the method comprising: receiving, from a browser configured for dynamic control of audio operations, an HTTP request having an audio file that stores received voice signals specifying a messaging operation; identifying the messaging operation in the application server by interpreting the audio file; outputting a function call specifying the messaging operation to the messaging server according to IP protocol, receiving from the messaging server a response to the function call that specifies a stored message; and sending an HTML page to the browser for playback of a second audio file representing the stored message, wherein the step of receiving from the messaging server a response includes receiving the stored message as one of an e-mail message or a voice mail message, the method further comprising: selectively generating the second audio file by the application server based on determining that the stored message is an e-mail message; and selectively supplying the stored audio file as the second audio file based on determining that the stored message is the voice mail message recorded on the stored audio file.