Patent ID: 7623850

Claim:
A method for delivering a stored voice message to a subscriber in a telecommunications network, the method comprising the steps of: in a voicemail platform of the telecommunications network, receiving from the subscriber a request to check for voice messages; in response to receiving from the subscriber the request to check for voice messages, transmitting to the subscriber a voice message header of the stored voice message containing a caller ID display alert tone comprising a call waiting tone, and transmitting to the subscriber an FSK signal comprising caller ID information associated with the stored voice message and containing at least a calling number of a party associated with the voice message, the caller ID information for displaying on a caller ID display; at a customer premises equipment of the telecommunications network, playing the voice message header of the stored voice message and, as the header is playing, displaying the caller ID information; at the voicemail platform, receiving from the subscriber a request to listen to the stored voice message; and transmitting to the subscriber the voice message.