Patent ID: 7764770

Claim:
A method for providing an indication of a telephone voicemail message over a data communications network, comprising generating a table of updated voicemail subscriber message information comprising subscriber identifier information and voice mailbox message status for at least one subscriber; receiving a first web-based request from a subscriber for voice mailbox status information; deactivating the subscriber when a subsequent request from the subscriber is not received within a period of time from the first request; for each request from the subscriber, retrieving subscriber-specific data from the table and providing the voice mailbox status information to a proxy server to generate a web frame incorporating the retrieved subscriber-specific data when the subscriber is active, the proxy server including a web server to dynamically generate http web frames by retrieving and receiving subscriber-specific information from the table comprising a login identification; receiving the login identification when entering a web site providing the voice mailbox message status; searching the table of updated voicemail subscriber message information for the subscriber identifier information; and notifying the proxy server to discontinue sending the voice mailbox status information when the subscriber is deactivated.