Patent ID: 7085257

Claim:
A method for providing a wireless terminal of a communication system access to at least a phonebook database of the system, the method comprising: (a) for incoming phone calls to said wireless terminal identifying a phone number of a caller at said wireless terminal; instructing the system to perform a caller identity search by searching said phonebook database to identify a name of the caller; and sending results of the caller identity search to said wireless terminal, such that (i) if the caller identity search is successful, an identification of the caller is presented at said wireless terminal, and (ii) if the caller identity search is not successful, the caller phone number is presented at said wireless terminal, and (b) for outgoing calls to be made from said wireless terminal instructing the system to search said phonebook database to locate at least one of a phone number and destination of an outgoing call; and sending results of the search to said wireless terminal such that (i) if the phone number or destination of the outgoing call to be made is found in the phonebook database, the same is presented at said wireless terminal, and (ii) if the phone number or destination is not found in an initial search query of the phonebook database, the wireless terminal user, is presented with an opportunity to modify the search query of the system to the phonebook database or terminate a caller identification process, wherein identification of the caller of an incoming call or the phone number or the destination to be called includes showing at least one of the name and an affiliation and, when stored in the phonebook database, showing a picture of a person on a display of said wireless terminal.