Method and apparatus for exchange of information in a communication network
First Claim
1. A method of retrieving an object in a first user equipment connectable via a first communication channel with a second user equipment, comprising:
- acquiring an address indication associated with the second user equipment;
determining the occurrence of a triggering event;
assembling a request for an object associated with the address indication, the request comprising at least two parameters, a first parameter representing the acquired address indication and a second parameter representing the determined triggering event;
sending the request for the object via a second communication channel to a data object server wherein the data server comprises at least one of a phonepage number server (PNS) and a phonepage web server (PWS);
receiving the data object or an indication of the object from the data object server in view of the parameters and in response to the request; and
processing the received object or indication of the object; and
rendering the data object at the first user equipment, wherein the data object includes visual content;
wherein the data object is a selected one from multiple data objects associated with the address indication, wherein the data object is selected based on the nature of the triggering event.
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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.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of retrieving an object in a first user equipment connectable via a first communication channel with a second user equipment, comprising:
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acquiring an address indication associated with the second user equipment;
determining the occurrence of a triggering event;
assembling a request for an object associated with the address indication, the request comprising at least two parameters, a first parameter representing the acquired address indication and a second parameter representing the determined triggering event;
sending the request for the object via a second communication channel to a data object server wherein the data server comprises at least one of a phonepage number server (PNS) and a phonepage web server (PWS);
receiving the data object or an indication of the object from the data object server in view of the parameters and in response to the request; and
processing the received object or indication of the object; and
rendering the data object at the first user equipment, wherein the data object includes visual content;
wherein the data object is a selected one from multiple data objects associated with the address indication, wherein the data object is selected based on the nature of the triggering event.
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2. The method of claim 1, wherein the request further includes a third parameter representing the display capability of the first user equipment.
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3. The method of claim 2, wherein the data object is selected or filtered based on the display capability of the first user equipment before the data object is transmitted to the first user equipment.
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4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data object server comprises a PNS that identifies a location for the data object based on the address indication associated with the second user equipment.
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5. The method of claim 4, wherein based on the identified location, the PNS forwards a request to a remotely-located PWS storing said data object, and further wherein the remotely-located PWS provides said data object to the PNS, and further wherein the PNS provides said data object to the first user equipment.
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6. The method of claim 4, wherein based on the identified location, the PNS forwards a request to a remotely-located PWS storing said data object, and further wherein the remotely-located PWS provides said data object to the first user equipment.
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7. The method of claim 4, wherein the data object server sends the identified location to the first user equipment.
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8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first user equipment uses the identified location to submit a further request that is transmitted to a PWS in order to acquire said data object.
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9. The method of claim 1, wherein the data object server comprises a PWS that provides said data object based on the address indication associated with the second user equipment.
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10. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger event is detected within a telecommunications network providing the first communication channel between the first user equipment and second user equipment.
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11. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger event is detected within the first user equipment.
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12. The method of claim 1, wherein the request for a data object is sent automatically without the user of the first user equipment making a specific request for the data object.
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13. The method of claim 1, wherein the request for the data object is not sent automatically, further comprising the step of the user of the first user equipment making a specific request for the data object.
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14. The method of claim 1, wherein the request further includes information of one or more of the following parameters:
- content type;
identity of the first user equipment;
terminal class;
terminal type; and
vendor.
- content type;
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15. A telecommunication system comprising a first user equipment, a second user equipment, and a communication network to establish a first communication channel between the first user equipment and the second user equipment, and a data object server, wherein the data server comprises at least one of a phonepage number server (PNS) and a phonepage web server (PWS), wherein the first user equipment is arranged to acquire an address indication associated with the second user equipment, determine the occurrence of a triggering event, and assemble a request of an object associated with the address indication, the request comprising at least two parameters, a first parameter representing the acquired address indication and a second parameter representing the determined triggering event, and is arranged to send the request of an object via a second communication channel to the data object server, and in that the data object server is arranged to return the data object or an indication of the data object in view of the parameters to the first user equipment via the second communication channel in response to the request, and in that the first user equipment is arranged to receive the data object or the indication of the data object from the data object server and to then process the received data object or the indication of the data object, and in that the first user equipment is arranged to render the data object, wherein the data object includes visual content, and in that the data object is a selected one from multiple data objects associated with the address indication, wherein the data object is selected based on the nature of the triggering event.
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16. The telecommunication system of claim 15, wherein the request further includes a third parameter representing the display capability of the first user equipment.
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17. The telecommunication system of claim 16, wherein the data object is selected or filtered based on the display capability of the first user equipment before the data object is transmitted to the first user equipment.
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18. The telecommunication system of claim 15, wherein the data object server comprises a PNS that identifies a location for the data object based on the address indication associated with the second user equipment.
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19. The telecommunication system of claim 18, wherein based on the identified location, the PNS forwards a request to a remotely-located PWS storing said data object, and further wherein the remotely-located PWS provides said data object to the PNS, and further wherein the PNS provides said data object to the first user equipment.
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20. The telecommunication system of claim 18, wherein based on the identified location, the PNS forwards a request to a remotely-located PWS storing said data object, and further wherein the remotely-located PWS provides said data object to the first user equipment.
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21. The telecommunication system of claim 18, wherein the data object server sends the identified location to the first user equipment.
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22. The telecommunication system of claim 21, wherein the first user equipment uses the identified location to submit a further request that is transmitted to a PWS in order to acquire said data object.
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23. The telecommunication system of claim 15, wherein the data object server comprises a PWS that provides said data object based on the address indication associated with the second user equipment.
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24. The telecommunication system of claim 15, wherein the trigger event is detected within a telecommunications network providing the first communication channel between the first user equipment and second user equipment.
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25. The telecommunication system of claim 15, wherein the trigger event is detected within the first user equipment.
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26. The telecommunication system of claim 15, wherein the request for a data object is sent automatically without the user of the first user equipment making a specific request for the data object.
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27. The telecommunication system of claim 15, wherein the request for the data object is not sent automatically, wherein the first user equipment is arranged to enable the user of the first user equipment to make a specific request for the data object.
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28. The telecommunication system of claim 15, wherein the request further includes information of one or more of the following parameters:
- content type;
identity of the first user equipment;
terminal class;
terminal type; and
vendor.
- content type;
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