Patent ID: 7149777

Claim:
In a messaging system providing access for authorized users to pre-stored messages, wherein at least one of said pre-stored messages has multiple message portions including an initial audio message created by a first person and one or more audio attachments to said initial audio message created by a person or persons other than the first person, a method for providing access to selected portions of said at least one of said pre-stored messages comprising the steps of: providing a signal to a user indicative of at least one of said pre-stored messages being available for access by said user; upon selection by said user of an available pre-stored message, having multiple message portions including an initial audio message created by a first person and one or more audio attachments to said initial audio message created by a person or persons other than the first person, providing said user a different signal indicating that said selected pre-stored message includes both an initial audio message and one or more audio attachments; providing a user option for selecting one message portion from a selected pre-stored message which includes an initial audio message with one or more audio attachments; and upon selection by a user of said one message portion of said selected pre-stored message, causing only said selected portion to be provided to said user, wherein said pre-stored messages may be coded to restrict a forwarding of one or more portions of a message so coded to one or more identified users.