Patent ID: 7564960

Claim:
A caller identification messaging device for use in a communications network having a communications link, the communications link allowing a calling party communications device and a receiving party communications device to transmit and receive communications signals, the caller identification device comprising: a database for storing caller identification messaging profiles; means for receiving real time data; means for transmitting a caller identification messaging signal via the communications link of the communications network, the caller identification messaging signal comprising a caller identification message, the caller identification message including at least one of a user specified text message, a user specified visual message, a user specified visual doodle, pre-selected user specified data stored in the database of caller identification messaging profiles, and the real time data, means for communicating at least one of the caller identification message and the caller identification messaging signal to at least one of the communications address of the calling party communications device and the communications address of the receiving party communications device; the means for transmitting transmits a response caller identification message signal, the response caller identification messaging signal comprising a response caller identification message, the response caller identification message including at least one of the user specified text message, the user specified visual message, the user specified visual doodle, pre-selected user specified data stored in the database of caller identification messaging profiles , and the real time data.