Patent ID: 8108471

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: one or more processors; and a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors operable when executing the instructions to: receive input from a first user at an endpoint indicating a desire to communicate to a second user a response to a first voice message created by the second user and forwarded to the first user by a third user, the forward comprising the first voice message and at least one introductory voice message to the first voice message wherein the introductory voice message is intended for the first user and is not intended for the second user; and in response to the input: access a second voice message created by the first user; construct the response, the response comprising the first and second voice messages and excluding the at least one introductory voice message to the first voice message; determine a telephone address associated with the second user for communicating the response to the second user; and communicate the response to the determined telephone address.