Patent ID: 8335209

Claim:
A method for sending a virtual real time voice message processed through a VOIP system to a group of phones concurrently, the method comprising: (a) assembling at least a portion of the voice message, the voice message including a voice portion and an address portion; (b) buffering the voice portion of the voice message in a digital buffer; (c) determining an address of each phone in the group of phones, the address of each phone being associated with the address portion of the voice message; thereafter (d) attempting to establish a separate connection with each phone in the group of phones; (e) establishing separate connections with at least a portion of those phones in the group of phones; thereafter (f) waiting a period of time, wherein the period of time is determined based at least in part on a time duration required to establish a connection with a phone, the period of time being a set time period having a duration that extends after the separate connections have been established with the portion of those phones in the group of phones; and (g) upon expiration of the set time period, sending the voice portion of the voice message concurrently to those phones in the group of phones with which the separate connections have been established.