Patent ID: 8885801

Claim:
A method of providing boxless virtual messaging, comprising: processing an incoming call for at least one call recipient; examining status information associated with a plurality of servers for notifying call recipients of voice messages using at least one messaging protocol, wherein each of the plurality of servers operates independently; identifying an available server of the plurality of servers, based on the status information, for boxless handling of a voice message for the incoming call; and directing the incoming call to the available server, wherein the available server stores the voice message until communication of the voice message to at least one call recipient, wherein the available server communicates at least one notification message associated with the voice message to at least one telephone number of the at least one call recipient, wherein the at least one notification message comprises a telephone number associated with the call origination device and a unique message link number assigned to identify the voice message and for communicating with the available server, wherein the available server uses the unique message link number and the telephone number of the call recipient to identify the voice message upon retrieval by the at least one call recipient dialing the unique message link number and, wherein the available server translates at least a portion of the voice message into a text message that is communicated to the at least one call recipient.