Patent ID: 7965825

Claim:
A method of storing and downloading voice and fax communications, the method comprising: receiving and storing a fax message intended for a user at a call processing system; receiving and storing a voice message intended for the user at the call processing system; downloading an initial portion of the fax message to a user terminal and enabling the user to view initial portion of the fax message using the user terminal; downloading an initial portion of the voice message to the user terminal and enabling the user to playback the initial portion of the voice message using the user terminal; automatically beginning downloading at least a second portion of the fax message to the user terminal in a trickle mode; and automatically beginning downloading at least a second portion of the voice message to the user terminal in a trickle mode determining that the user has selected the voice message during the trickle mode download of the second portion of the fax message; automatically pausing the trickle mode download of the second portion of the fax message at least partly in response to determining that the user has selected the voice message; completing downloading at least the second portion of the voice message in a burst mode while the trickle mode download of the second portion of the fax message is paused; and automatically resuming the trickle mode download of the second portion of the fax message after the second portion of the voice message has been downloaded in burst mode.