Patent ID: 7317908

Claim:
A method of transferring a voice mail message to a wireless device, comprising: establishing communications with a computer telephone integration (CTI) platform and a voice mail system using three way calling when the CTI cannot interact directly with the voice mail system; receiving the voice mail message at a voicemail system, wherein the voice mail message is directed to a telephone number; correlating the telephone number to at least one data network address, wherein the data network address is associated with the wireless device; prompting a subscriber by the voice mail system to transfer the voice mail message to the wireless device using the associated data network address, wherein the prompting is initiated using the (CTI) platform; converting the voice mail message to a text file, wherein the text file includes content of the voice mail message and information identifying when the voice mail message was received; after converting the voice mail message to a text file, storing a copy of the text file at the voice mail system; and forwarding the text file to the address associated with the wireless device.