A system and method for notifying a user of urgent phone messages is provided. When a telephone or text message is received by the phone answering system, a priority is determined for the message. If the telephone call is identified as an urgent telephone call, the system repeatedly dials the subscriber's...http://www.google.de/patents/US20020067806?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20020067806 - System and method for urgent phone message delivery