Enhanced caller ID information based on access device information via a broadband access gateway

A method for delivering information to a plurality of access devices, the method comprising:

• collecting, from at least a portion of the plurality of access devices, information about various multimedia information sources accessible to the gateway and available on the at least a portion of the plurality of access devices, wherein the collected information comprises metadata;
• searching the collected information using information identifying one or both of a called party or a calling party, to identify potential sources of multimedia information associated with one or both of the called party and/or the calling party;
• retrieving from the identified potential information sources, multimedia information associated with one or both of the called party and/or the calling party;
• and
• delivering the retrieved multimedia information to one or both of the called party and/or the calling party.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage, having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections for operating a gateway supporting the delivery of enhanced caller identification information to a plurality of access devices, the code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the operations comprising:

• collecting, from at least a portion of the plurality of access devices, information about various multimedia information sources accessible to the gateway and available on the at least a portion of the plurality of access devices, wherein the collected information comprises metadata;
• searching the collected information using information identifying one or both of a called party or a calling party, to identify potential sources of multimedia information associated with one or both of the called party and/or the calling party;
• retrieving from the identified potential information sources, multimedia information associated with one or both of the called party and/or the calling party;
• and
• delivering the retrieved multimedia information to one or both of the called party and/or the calling party.