Patent ID: 7826831

Claim:
A method for providing a multi-media user interface to a calling party over a digital wireless telecommunications network, the method comprising the steps of: receiving at a communications platform an access request to a multi-media message store associated with a first party, the access request being received from a video capable device that is associated with a video based service, wherein the video capable device is associated with a second party and the access request is for the purpose of depositing a multi-media message into the first party message store; identifying multi-media content uniquely associated with the message store of the first party, the multi-media content including video content and audio content; providing at least a portion of the multi-media content to the requesting device, wherein the provided portion comprises instructions to the second party for navigation of the communications platform, prior to deposit of a multi-media message into the first party message store, via actuation of the requesting device; rendering the at least a portion of the multi-media content on the requesting device; receiving an actuation from the requesting device; and augmenting the provision of the multi-media content based on the actuation.