Telephone message delivering system and method

A telephone message delivering method, comprising:

• receiving telephone message delivery data from a sender, the telephone message delivery data comprising at least a telephone number to which the message is to be delivered,
• transmitting to the sender a menu, the menu comprising a list of proprietary pre-recorded tracks,
• receiving from the sender a selection of at least one track from the menu,
• transmitting a telephone message comprising at least the track represented by the menu selection to the telephone number identified by the telephone message delivery data, and
• making a record in storage means of the track played.

A telephone message delivering server for use in a method of delivering telephone messages, the server comprising

• a network interface connecting a server to a network to which there are connected at least one sender of a message and at least recipient of a message;
• a message storage device storing telephone message delivery data comprising the telephone number of the recipient and a selection from a menu of proprietary pre-recorded tracks;
• a play data storage device storing records of tracks played;
• instruction memory storing computer implementable instructions;
• and
• a processor operable to read the telephone message delivery data in accordance with the instructions stored in the instruction memory, wherein the instructions stored in the instruction memory comprise instructions for controlling the processor to;
• receive from a sender a telephone number to which the message is to be delivered,
• transmit to the sender a menu comprising a list of proprietary pre-recorded tracks,
• receive from the sender a selection from said menu,
• input said telephone number and said menu selection to said storage means,
• transmit a telephone message comprising at least a track represented by said menu selection to the telephone number, and
• input to the play data storage means a record of the track played.

An electronic telephone message delivering method, comprising configuring a data processor to store telephone delivery data comprising at least a telephone number to which a message is to be delivered and a selection from a menu of proprietary pre-recorded tracks,

• receiving from a sender a telephone number to which a telephone message is to be delivered,
• transmitting a menu to the sender, said menu comprising a list of proprietary pre-recorded tracks,
• receiving from the sender a selection from said menu
• storing said menu selection and said telephone number as a data record,
• transmitting a telephone message comprising at least the track represented by said menu selection to said telephone number identified by said data record and storing in a play data record a record of the track played,