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

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.

What is claimed is:  
     
         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 first communication device and a second communication device, comprising the steps of: 
 identifying, at the second communication device, the occurrence of a triggering event;    transmitting to a first server associated with the second communication device a request for a data object associated with the first communication device;    generating the requested data object in the first server based on calling information provided by a second server associated with the first communication device; and    receiving the requested data object from the first 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 . 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 including calling line interface (CLI) information, to a server associated with the second mobile communication device;    determining whether the requested data object can be generated based on the CLI information or the calling party information faster, and generating the requested data object using the faster technique; and    receiving the requested data object from the server.    
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the data object includes a pointer to the phone page associated with the second device.  
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the data object includes a phone page associated with the second device.  
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the data object comprises the public identify of the second device.