Method and apparatus for exchange of information in a communication system
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorPer-Åke Minborg
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Abstract
A technique for connecting a dialed B-party number to a data object is described. The connecting of a B-party number to a specific data object, hereafter referred to as phonepage, will allow an A-party direct access to information that a B-party wishes to display to a calling party. The phonepage resides in a memory in a telecommunications network, or in a memory in a data-communications network connected thereto. The phonepage may have a similar appearance to an Internet web page, but may also take other appearances. The displaying of the phonepage may be made dependent upon the capabilities of the A-party user equipment.
Claims30
A system for providing data objects to be rendered in connection with an initiation of a voice communication channel between subscriber communication devices, the system comprising:
- a database comprising:
- (a) a plurality of first data objects each associated with a corresponding specific party and to be sent to a calling subscriber communication device in connection with the corresponding specific party being called;
- (b) a plurality of second data objects each associated with a corresponding specific party and to be sent to a called subscriber communication device in connection with the corresponding specific party calling another party;
- (c) a plurality of third data objects each associated with a corresponding specific party and to be sent to a calling subscriber communication device or a called subscriber communication device in connection with at least one of the following call events:
- (1) the corresponding specific party is busy;
- (2) the corresponding specific party is unavailable;
- (3) the corresponding specific party fails to answer;
- (4) the corresponding specific party terminates the call;
- or (5) the corresponding specific party places the call on hold;
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- a processor coupled to the database and configured to process requests to access the first, second, and third data objects from said database.
A method for providing data objects to be rendered in connection with an A-party, having a first subscriber communication device, initiating a voice communication channel for a call with a B-party, having a second subscriber communication device, the method comprising:
- an A-party initiating a voice communication channel for a call using a B-party address for a called B-party;
- preparing a request for a data object of the B-party to be sent to the first subscriber communication device in connection with the call involving the A-party and B-party;
- the request for the data object of the B-party including (a) the B-party address, or an indicia of the B-party address, and (b) an indicia of a call event;
- receiving the data object of the B-party based on said request;
- sending the data object of the B-party to the A-party;
- wherein the data object includes at least visual content that is presented to the A-party in connection with call sought or established by the A-party with the B-party;
- and the data object being retrieved from a memory storing a plurality of data objects associated with a plurality of A and B parties.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.