A system and method for performing person-to-person messaging with a value
added service having a short message service center (SMSC) that receives
a message having an address of a terminating wireless device, such as a
and a Universal Resource Location (URL); a message server that creates an
enhanced message from the address and URL of the message; and a Short
Message Service Gateway Mobile Switching Center (SMS GMSC) that forwards
the enhanced message to the terminating wireless device. The message
server includes a SMSC interface that communicates with the SMSC; an
Internet interface that communicates with the Internet; a system bus that
connects the SMSC interface and the Internet interface; and a processor,
connected to the system bus that extracts the URL and address from the
message received via the SMSC interface, retrieves internet content from
the Internet located at the URL address, and creates the enhanced message
having the retrieved Internet content.