Abstract: A method employed in conjunction with an audio text or interactive voice mail system which enables a caller utilizing a telephone system to direct the system to deliver a message to a particular person at a specified phone number, date and time. The caller may select a particular message from a list of messages which is to be delivered and may record a personal message for incorporation into the selected message or to be added to the selected message. The name of a person who is to receive the call can be uniquely identified. Prompting for the recipient's telephone number and the date and time at which the message should be delivered, and composing the actual message in preparation for its delivery is also performed.

Abstract: A method employed in conjunction with an audio test or interactive voice mail system which enables a caller utilizing a telephone system to direct the system to deliver a message to a particular person at a specified phone number, date and time. The caller may select a particular message from a list of messages which is to be delivered and may record a personal message for incorporation into the selected message or to be added to the selected message. The name of a person who is to receive the call can be uniquely identified. Prompting for the recipient's telephone number and the date and time at which the message should be delivered, and composing the actual message in preparation for its delivery is also performed.