Patent ID: 8582730

Claim:
A method, comprising the steps of: a) receiving, by a server computer communicatively coupled to a network, from a system administrator: i) an identification of a user for which the server computer is configured to circumvent a direct connection through the network between the user and at least one additional user; and ii) a limited access schedule during which the server is configured to grant the user access to a dedicated voice message account; b) storing, by the server computer, in a data storage communicatively coupled to the network, and in association with the dedicated voice message account: i) the identification of the user; and ii) the limited access schedule; c) receiving, by the at least one server computer, from the user, a request to record at least one audio journal entry; d) determining, by the server computer, whether the request occurs during the limited access schedule; and e) responsive to a determination that the request occurs during the limited access schedule: i) recording, by the server computer, the at least one audio journal entry; and ii) storing, by the server computer, in the data storage, the at least one audio journal entry as a permanent archive associated with the dedicated voice message account.