Patent ID: 7627311

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, via a first communication device, an input identifying a first contact in a contacts list stored in the first communication device; automatically generating, via the first communication device, a first message requesting that the first contact provide a picture in response to the received input, the message including a first code identifying the first message as a request for a picture; transmitting, via the first communication device, the first message to a second communication device associated with the first contact; receiving, via the first communication device, a second message from the second communication device, the second message including a first picture and a second code indicating that the second message is a response to the request for a picture; storing, via the first communication device, the first picture in the first communication device; receiving, via the first communication device and from the second communication device, a third message, the third message including the first code; automatically determining, via the first communication device, that the third message is a request for a picture based on the first code; and automatically displaying, via the first communication device and in response to the third message, information indicating that a picture is requested.