The invention comprises a method and apparatus for providing multimedia
content to a calling party device. Specifically, the method comprises
receiving a connection establishment request from a calling party device
where the connection establishment request is operable for establishing a
connection between the calling party device and a called party device in
an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network, obtaining
multimedia content information in response to the connection
establishment request where the multimedia content information is
operable for establishing at least one multimedia session with the
calling party device, and transmitting at least a portion of the
multimedia content information towards the calling party device
contemporaneously with establishment of the connection.