A simultaneous voice and data modem coordinates the storage of voice
messages and data messages on an audio answering machine and a personal
computer, respectively. This allows the called party to subsequently
retrieve, via the simultaneous voice and data modem, both a voice message
and an associated data message, i.e., a multimedia message, where the
called party listens to the voice message while viewing the data message.
The called party can retrieve the multimedia message either locally or
from a remote location.