Patent ID: 7177627

Claim:
A method comprising: providing interactive access to caller identification information associated with a caller, wherein the caller interactively enters and edits the caller identification information via the Internet; receiving a request for a call from the caller using a subscriber handset to a called party over a first wireless communication system; identifying the caller identification information associated with the caller; retrieving the caller identification information associated with the caller, wherein the caller identification information includes a PCLI header and an image; compressing the image in the caller identification information; forwarding the PCLI header and the compressed image in the caller identification information to the called party over a second wireless communication system; comparing the PCLI header received over the second wireless communication systems with a caller ID received over the first wireless communication system; displaying the image to the called party if the PCLI header matches the caller ID; and suspending the call over the first wireless communication system until a verification of receipt is received over the second wireless communication system.