Patent ID: 6857074

Claim:
A communications messaging platform, comprising: at least one computerized server system programmed to implement: a messaging function configured to receive messages and configured to place the messages in storage areas associated with respective mailboxes associated with respective intended recipients of the messages, the messages being of any one or media types selected from the group consisting of an audio media type, an image media type, and a data media type; and a notification function configured to send notification messages to respective ones of the intended recipients after receipt of the messages, the notification messages alerting the respective ones of the intended recipients of the receipt and availability of the messages at their respective mailboxes, wherein: the messaging function is configured to interface with the intended recipients through a browser interface; the intended recipients are capable of accessing their respective mailboxes and the messages associated therewith through the browser interface; and the messaging function couples information associated with the messages to the respective intended recipients via the Internet.