Disclosed is a unified messaging system and method for combining a voice-mail system with an e-mail system. The present invention is a hybrid event driven system that polls a universal e-mail box for receipts, with the voice-mail system being fully event driven. The present invention maintains two persistent...http://www.google.com/patents/US20060018444?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20060018444 - System and method for voice-mail and e-mail synchronization