System and method for message storage assurance in a geographically distributed voice messaging system

A method for voice message storage assurance, comprising:

• polling a local data store co-located with a local voice mail system to determine if a voice message has been stored to the local data store;
• notifying a common message store, located remotely from the local data store, when the voice message is present in the local data store;
• transferring, to the common message store, a copy of the voice message stored on the local data store, wherein transferring comprises communicating with an application program interface (API) to a first library and a second library, wherein:
• the second library encapsulates storage device-specific logic;
• and
• the first library includes functions for supporting messaging services and is configured to isolate a voice extensible mark-up language (VXML) browser from a device-specific protocol used by the second library in order to communicate message blocks to a storage device that is comprised within the common message store;
• requesting, via the common message store, message content using a block-by-block repetitive process via the first and second libraries;
• and
• waiting for a communication from the common message store of successful receipt of the voice message, wherein receipt of said communication is prerequisite to deleting the voice message from the local data store.