Patent ID: 8638913

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a phone number transmitted from a calling device to initiate a call; determining that a visual phone menu (VPM) is available for the phone number; providing an option for a caller to select between receiving a VPM address associated with the VPM or continuing to listen to a conventional phone menu; providing a client device with the VPM address when the caller selects receiving the VPM address including: playing back an audio message which states the VPM address; providing the VPM to a client device using the VPM address, the VPM including one or more selectable callees, receiving a call request from the client device, the call request including a selected callee from the VPM, and completing the call request to the selected callee; and proceeding with the call from the calling device to the phone number when the caller selects to continue to listen to the conventional phone menu.