Patent ID: 8452264

Claim:
Non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, facilitate a method of enabling a user to receive a message at the time of an incoming call, the method comprising: receiving a set of dialed digits from a calling device, wherein the dialed digits include, (1) a phone number of a target device, (2) supplementary data that includes display information that is useable to facilitate presenting a text message on the target device, wherein the display information takes the form of one or more of the following: actual text to be displayed on the target device or presentation code that is useable to determine text to be displayed on the target device, (3) wherein the supplementary data includes a service code that indicates a presence of the supplementary data; recognizing the service code; continuing a call-connection sequence that, if completed, would establish a call between the calling device and the target device, (1) wherein the continuing includes either looking up the actual text based on the service code and sending the actual text to the target device or sending the display information unaltered to the target device, and (2) wherein the target device could either present the unaltered display information or use the display information to determine an applicable text message to display prior to the target device answering the call.