Patent ID: 6879665

Claim:
A method in a data processing system for processing voice messages, the method comprising the data processing system implemented steps of: responsive to a request from a user to record a voice message, presenting a graphical user interface for composing a text message, wherein the graphical user interface includes a recipient field for entering a recipient address and controls for recording a voice message; responsive to the user entering a recipient address in the recipient field and recording a voice message using the controls, forming a text message to be sent to the recipient address; responsive to a request to send the text message, automatically inserting an indicator into the text message indicating a presence of a voice message; responsive to the request to send the text message, automatically appending the voice message to the text message to form an appended voice message; and sending the text message with the appended voice message to the recipient address, wherein upon receipt of the text message at the recipient, the text message is displayed as a voice message in a message list containing non-voice messages.