A personal Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system includes a plurality of IVR
servers communicating personal IVR service node information in a network and a
plurality of personal IVR service node clients coupled to the plurality of IVR
servers communicating the personal IVR service node information. The plurality
of personal IVR service node clients have a client-server relationship with the
plurality of IVR servers. The personal IVR system further includes facilities for
managing transmission of the personal IVR service node information using a Voice
over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology.