Method and apparatus for retrieving calling party information in a mobile communications system

• US 20010027109A1
• Filed: 01/23/2001
• Published: 10/04/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Minborg, Per-Ake, Lundquist, Carl
• Granted Patent: US 7,248,862 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/458
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/658 Combination of voice calls and paging
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/22 Automatic class or number identification arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/02 Calling substations, e.g. by ringing selective calling H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42102 Making use of the called party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/1235 where one of the core networks is a wireless network
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/128 Details of addressing, directories or routing tables
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/20 Manipulation of established connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/00 Wireless network protocols or protocol adaptations to wireless operation

Abstract

A method and system for providing calling party identification information to a called party in a mobile communications network. Servers external to the mobile communications network are used to generate and provide calling party information in the form of a service page or phone page without relying on calling line interface information.

Claims

1. A method for communicating between first and second communication devices, comprising:

receiving, at a server associated with the first communication device, a first signal from the first mobile communication device, the first signal including at least an identity of the second device;

identifying a server associated with the second mobile communication device;

rendering a data object from the first signal; and

forwarding the data object to the server associated with the second device.

2. The method of

claim 1

, wherein the first signal includes a dialed number corresponding to the second mobile communication device and an identification of the first mobile communication device.

3. The method of

claim 1

, wherein the data object is rendered without using calling line interface (CLI) information.

4. A method for communicating between a second communication device and a first communication device, comprising the steps of:

identifying, at the second communication device, the occurrence of a triggering event;

transmitting to a server associated with the second communication device a request for a data object associated with the second communication device; and

receiving the requested data object from the second server.

5. The method of

claim 4

, wherein the triggering event does not include calling line identification information.

6. The method of

claim 4

, wherein the triggering event includes a calling line identification information, but wherein the requested data object is not derived on the basis of the calling line identification information.

7. The method of

claim 4

, wherein the requested data object is generated in the server based on calling information provided by a second server associated with the first communication device.

8. A method for communicating between a first and a second mobile communication device, comprising the steps of:

identifying the occurrence of a triggering event;

transmitting a data object request to a server associated with the second mobile communication device; and

receiving the requested data object from the server.

9. The method of

claim 8

, wherein the data object request does not include calling line interface (CLI) information.

10. The method of

claim 8

, wherein the data object request includes calling line interface (CLI) information, and wherein the step of generating is performed by determining whether the requested phone page information can be generated based on the CLI information or the calling party information faster, and generating the requested information using the faster technique.

11. The method of

claim 8

, wherein the data object includes a pointer to the phone page associated with the second device.

12. The method of

claim 8

, wherein the data object includes a phone page associated with the second device.

13. The method of

claim 8

, wherein the data object comprises the public identify of the second device.