Patent ID: 8849927

Claim:
A communication method performed at a server node in a communication network, comprising: receiving at the server node an identifier identifying a recipient of a voice message, the identifier received at the server node in response to a sender defining the recipient; discovering at the server node at least a partial delivery route over the communication network to the recipient in response to receipt of the identifier at the server node; progressively transmitting voice media associated with the message to the recipient, at the same time as the voice media is progressively received at the server node from a transmitting device associated with the sender, the server node progressively transmitting the received voice media to the recipient over the discovered at least partial delivery route, without first requiring an establishment of a network connection between the sender and the recipient; and persistently storing the voice media at the server node as the voice media is progressively received at the server node, wherein discovering the at least partial delivery route occurs concurrent with the transmission of the voice media of the voice message by the sender.