Patent ID: 6947969

Claim:
A method for accessing voice messaging system data residing on a first computer by way of a second computer, the voice messaging system data comprising a plurality of voice messages and a log record corresponding to each voice message, the method operable at the second computer comprising: Receiving a log record range selection, said log record range selection identifying a specific range within a log record by at least one parameter, said receiving done from a user interface implemented on the second compute; creating a log record selection file identifying said at least one log record range selection parameter, corresponding to the received log record range selection; sending the created log record selection file to the first computer; receiving a log record file from the first computer in response to the sent log record selection file, said log record file comprising a set of log records identifying voice records on said first computer which were identified by said log record selection file, sent; creating a voice message selection file indicating desired ones of said identified voice records in said set of log records from said log record file, sending said voice message selection file to said first computer, and receiving any voice message files identified by said voice message file from said first computer.