Patent ID: 8515031

Claim:
A computer implemented method for regulating unanswered phone calls placed by a registered user of a phone system serving a secured premises, comprising: verifying whether a unique access identifier provided by the registered user of the phone system is authorized to place a phone call to a destination associated with a phone number entered by the registered user; attempting to connect the phone call to an end user associated with the authorized destination for the phone number entered by the registered user; recording a message provided by the registered user of the phone system for the end user associated with the authorized destination for the phone number entered by the registered user when an attempt to connect the phone call to the end user fails; storing the recorded message provided by the registered user in a site server located within a telecom platform that supports the secure premises; dialing the phone number entered by the registered user based on periodic intervals until the phone call is connected to the end user; playing the recorded message provided by the registered user that is retrieved from the site server for the end user when the phone call is connected to the end user; and billing an account associated with the unique access identifier provided by the registered user when the recorded message provided by the registered user is played for the end user.