Patent Document ID: 8402499
Application ID: 11513410
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An electronic system for providing an interface with a remotely located smart voicemail network, said electronic system comprising: computing means for obtaining voicemail messages from said voicemail network, said computing means operating a file storing applet adapted to electronically collect voicemail messages from said voicemail network and store said voicemail messages in a voicemail storage database; network connection means for providing electronic communication between said computing means and said voicemail network; a computing applet operable to interface with said file storing applet and create mechanisms for users to be notified of said voicemail messages and to interact with said voicemail messages; an output device for visually displaying notification indicia and audibly playing said voicemail messages; and means for delivering selected voicemail messages from said voicemail storage database to said output device; wherein said computing means causes said output device to visually display a notification indicia upon receiving an operating command for said output device, wherein said computing applet and said file storing applet operate collectively to handle notification of, playing of, and management of said voicemail messages so as to provide a unified interface for entertainment and voicemail management, and wherein said voicemail network is configured to send voicemail notification emails containing said voicemail messages and identification information concerning said voicemail messages, and said file storing applet detaches said voicemail messages from said voicemail notification emails and stores said voicemail messages in a predetermined file folder.