Patent ID: 8498624

Claim:
A voicemail system, comprising: a communications interface; and a controller for managing operations of the communications interface, programmed to: store a plurality of voicemail messages corresponding to a communications device; transmit to the communications device a voicemail log of the plurality of voicemail messages, and a preview of each of the plurality of voicemail messages without transmitting the entire voicemail message, the preview for a respective voicemail message comprising a voice preview of the first n seconds of the voicemail message, where n is an integer, for review by an end user and selection of a particular voicemail message for deletion from a user interface corresponding to the voicemail log, without any interaction with the controller of the voicemail system during the review and the selection; and receive from the communication device a request to delete the voicemail message selectively chosen from the user interface corresponding to the voicemail log; receive one or more calling numbers from the communication device; and delete voicemail message entries associated with the one or more calling numbers based on the selection by the end user of the particular voicemail message for deletion from the user interface, and then prevent further voicemail message entries associated with the one or more calling numbers.