Patent ID: 8265235

Claim:
A method of providing automatic access to a secondary voice mailbox via a primary voicemail box, comprising: providing a primary voicemail box for a primary telephone device of a user; providing a secondary voicemail box for a secondary telephone device of the user; receiving an instruction from the user of the primary telephone device to associate the secondary voicemail box with the primary voicemail box; receiving an indication of access to the primary voicemail box by the user; providing a prompt to indicate that the primary voicemail box is associated with the secondary voicemail box; receiving an indication to access the secondary voicemail box via the primary voicemail box; and upon receipt of the indication to access the secondary voicemail box via the primary voicemail box, providing automatic access to the secondary voicemail box via the primary voicemail box to allow retrieval of any voice messages stored at the secondary voicemail box.