Patent ID: 7924988

Claim:
A method of providing acknowledging of receipt of a voice mail message sent by a first user to a second user and accessed by the second user, said first user being connected to a first server, said second user being connected to a second server, said method comprising: receiving, by the second server, a request from the first user for an acknowledgment message indicating that the second user has accessed the voice mail message sent by the first user to the second user; responsive to said receiving the request, placing an indication of the request in a voice mail box of the second user, said placing the indication of the request performed by the second server, wherein said placing the indication of the request is performed after the second server receives an indication that the first user is disconnected from the first server; and responsive to the second user accessing the voice mail box of the second user to receive the voice mail message and responsive to the indication of the request in the voice mail box of the second user, sending the acknowledgment message to the first server, said sending the acknowledgment message performed by the second server.