Patent ID: 8660038

Claim:
A method of previewing VoIP voicemail comprising: sending a request for VoIP voicemail available to preview using a data channel associated with a cellular phone system; receiving information of the VoIP voicemail available to preview and one preview portion for each of the VoIP voicemail available to preview, wherein each of the one preview portion for each of the VoIP voicemail available to preview is less than all of the VoIP voicemail available to preview and comprises a sampling of one or more chunks of each of the VoIP voicemail available to preview, and wherein the chunks of each of the VoIP voicemail available to preview are time compressed to speed up playback so that each of the one preview portion for each of the VoIP voicemail available to preview includes a longer portion of the VoIP voicemail available to preview; displaying the information of VoIP voicemail available to preview; receiving a selection of a voicemail, wherein the voicemail comprises one of the VoIP voicemail available to preview; and playing, using a processor, a preview portion of the voicemail corresponding to the selection of one of the VoIP voicemail available to preview; receiving a user selection of an additional preview portion of a selected VoIP voicemail that a preview portion has already been received and played; sending a request for the additional preview portion of the selected VoIP voicemail; receiving the requested additional preview portion, wherein the requested additional preview portion comprises another chunk of the VoIP voicemail not already processed and previewed, wherein the additional preview portion is extracted from the selected VoIP voicemail after the request so that the additional preview portion is less than all of the selected VoIP voicemail, wherein the requested preview portion is also time compressed to speed up playback so the additional preview portion of the selected VoIP voicemail includes a longer portion of the selected VoIP; playing the additional preview portion of the selected VoIP voicemail.