Method and system for displaying internet identification on customer premises equipment

A method for providing to a callee an Internet identification of a telephony caller, comprising:

• storing a plurality of Internet identification data items, wherein each said Internet identification data item corresponds to an Internet user and provides Internet addressing data for use in Internet communication with the corresponding Internet user;
• receiving, from the caller, a call at a telephony central office, the call being for the callee;
• determining the caller's phone number at the central office;
• submitting a request, from the central office to said stored plurality of Internet identification data items, for Internet identification information related to the caller, wherein the request includes information related to one of a name of the caller and the phone number of the caller;
• receiving, at the central office, Internet identification information corresponding to the caller in response to said step of submitting;
• transmitting the Internet identification information corresponding to the caller to a telephony station for the callee during a ringing of the telephony station;
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• presenting the caller's Internet identification information to the callee in one of an audio form and a visual form when the callee accesses the telephony station.