Patent ID: 7319742

Claim:
A method of storing and accessing information to and from a remote voice information system, comprising: receiving a call to a voice information application wherein the call is routed to an intelligent network component and wherein routing the call includes routing the call to the voice information application at a telecommunications system services node; connecting the call to the voice information application; forwarding a voice information message from a subscriber placing the call; storing the voice information message for subsequent retrieval by the subscriber; indexing the stored voice information message for locating the stored voice information by the voice information application; receiving a request for a stored text information message; prior to receiving the request for a stored text information message, storing one or more text information messages for access by the voice information application; and periodically synchronizing the voice information application with a subscriber application associated with a subscriber data source to upload changes in the subscriber data source so that the subscriber obtains updated subscriber information in response to connecting the call to the voice information application.