Patent ID: 7831239

Claim:
A system for use in a mobile communications network, the system being adapted to store messages for subsequent retrieval by one of a plurality of subscribers of the mobile communications network, the system comprising: a plurality of voice processing entities, each assigned to store and playback messages for an allocated set of the plurality of subscribers of the mobile communications network and each being arranged to collect data relating to a message store of a retrieving subscriber which is other than a member of the allocated set of subscribers, the system being in communication with a subscriber location register, said subscriber location register being arranged to store data relating to each of the plurality of subscribers of the mobile communications network, wherein a first voice processing entity of the plurality of voice processing entities is further configured to identify a first subscriber making a first call to retrieve a message by use of an identification signal automatically forwarded to the system during call establishment, the signal identifying the equipment being used by the first subscriber, and wherein the first voice processing entity is further configured to identify a second subscriber making a second call, wherein, in the event that the second subscriber is identified to be other than a member of the set of subscribers allocated to the first voice processing entity, the first voice processing entity forwards the call to the subscriber location register on the basis of the other information supplied by the second subscriber during the call, for connection of the second subscriber to a second voice processing entity associated therewith.