Patent ID: 8515037

Claim:
A method comprising: retrieving, from a repository maintained by a service provider, an image associated with a directory address for a user in response to initiation of a communication session by the user with another party; and transmitting the image along with the directory address for presentation to the other party during establishment of the communication session, wherein the repository includes a user caller identification (CID) profile for the user, wherein the CID profile of the user includes identification information of one or more other parties to be called by the user, a time schedule, ringtone information and ringback information for the one or more other parties corresponding to certain time periods of the time schedule, and image information for the one or more other parties corresponding to the certain time periods of the time schedule for presentation of an image of the other party to the user during establishment a respective communication session in the certain time periods of the time schedule, and wherein different ringtones and ringbacks, and different images corresponding to the one or more other users are provided during establishment of the respective communication session during different time periods of the time schedule.