Patent ID: 7702669

Claim:
A unified messaging system comprising: a computer implemented server including a processor configured to store a plurality of server messages, the server messages including voicemail messages and fax messages for a client; a client configured to store a plurality of client messages, the client messages including voicemail messages and fax messages for the client and corresponding to the plurality of server messages; and a synchronization application for synchronizing the client messages with the server messages associated with the client including performing at least one synchronization action selected from a group comprising: a read/unread status of a client message to read when a read/unread status of a corresponding server message is set to read, and unread when the read/unread status of the corresponding server message is set to unread; and a read/unread status of a server message to read when a read/unread status of a corresponding client message is set to read, and unread when the read/unread status of the corresponding client message is set to unread.