Patent ID: 8712390

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a memory unit; and at least one processor coupled to the memory unit, the at least one processor configured: to receive, at a first device, a first user input for an identifier of a second device; to retrieve, at the first device, context information for the second device, the context information for the second device being retrieved in response to the identifier and prior to initiating a voice call with the second device; to output the context information for the second device via a user interface of the first device; to initiate the voice call with the second device; and to grant access, to the second device, to context information for the first device after the voice call is initiated and prior to the voice call being established, the access being granted to the second device to allow the context information for the first device to be exchanged between the first device and the second device, the context information consisting of one or more of: a name, a physical location, an avatar, a picture, a website, a current status, a contact preference, or a combination thereof.