Patent ID: 8285733

Claim:
An computer-implemented system for creating a broadcasted multimedia file, the system comprising: a hardware interface coupled to a network, wherein the interface receives a communication from a telephonic device over the network; a voicemail server comprising a computer processor coupled to the interface, wherein the voicemail server stores voice messages recorded when an intended recipient of a phone call does not answer the call, wherein the voicemail server presents options to a user of the telephonic device that are selected by pressing keys on the telephonic device, including options related to retrieval and management of a voice message for which the user is the intended recipient and creation and management of an episode file, the options affecting functionalities of the computer processor after selections by the user, including options for handling the voice message, including: options to save, delete, and skip the voice message; and an option to create the episode file from the voice message left in response to the user not answering the phone call; wherein the processing unit utilizes the voice message stored by the voicemail server to create the episode file, and associates the episode file with a feed file, the feed file being selected for association with the episode file by the user from amongst a plurality of feed files, wherein the voicemail server: recognizes a first keystroke from the telephonic device and creates the episode file based on the first keystroke on the telephonic device, and in response to the recognized first keystroke, receives the communication over the telephonic network to initiate the creation of the broadcasted multimedia file, wherein the communication includes audio provided by the user into the telephonic device, recognizes a second keystroke causing an audio effect to be applied in synchronization with the second keystroke being recognized during receipt of the communication from the telephonic device to modify the communication, associates the modified communication with the feed file; and a memory storage device coupled to the computer processor and operative to store the episode file and the feed file, the feed file being stored in a location accessible by an audience that includes at least one person other than the user.