Patent ID: 8548433

Claim:
In a sending communication device communicably connectable to one or more receiving communication devices, a method for creating and delivering a voice message after a terminated push-to-talk session, the method comprising: in response to a termination of a push-to-talk session in which the sending communication device participated by sending audio via the push-to-talk session prior to its termination and in which one or more of the receiving communication devices participated by receiving and playing the audio sent via the push-to-talk session prior to its termination, automatically providing a prompt to create a voice message; in response to receiving user input replying to the prompt that was automatically provided in response to the termination of the push-to-talk session, creating and storing, a voice message for a first receiving communication device that participated in the terminated push-to-talk session; sending a notification to the first receiving communication device informing the first receiving communication device of the voice message stored on the sending communication device; receiving a request, from the first receiving communication device, to initiate a second push-to-talk session with the first receiving communication device; and upon establishing the second push-to-talk session with the first receiving communication device, automatically sending the voice message to the first receiving communication device over the second push-to-talk session.