NETWORK BASED MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING METHOD AND SYSTEM

摘要

A method and system is disclosed for handling multimedia messages when the intended recipient is unvailable. The telecommunication based (88) method and system allows a party (80) to leave a greeting message which will be furnished to a caller (124) when the party (80) is unavailable. The method and system further allows a caller (124) to leave a multimedia message for the unavailable intended recipient (80). The method and system further alerts the party (86) that a multimedia measage has been recorded and allows the party (80) to retrieve the multimedia message.