Patent ID: 8060063

Claim:
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of sending a message notification to a mobile device having a display, the method comprising: when attempting to communicate said message notification from a message server to said mobile device, determining at the message server that the mobile device is currently receiving media content by evaluating a type of data packet being received by the mobile device; upon determining that the mobile device is receiving media content, transmitting an activation message to the mobile device that instructs the mobile device to begin a notification-presentation process that comprises, (1) resizing a first portion of said display in which said media content is presented to a smaller size to make screen space available for the message notification to be presented, and (2) allocating a second portion of said display in which to present said message notification; and contemporaneously presenting said media content in said first portion and said message notification in said second portion.