Method and apparatus for exchange of information in a communication exchange

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 tile phonepage may be made dependent upon the capabilities of the A-party user equipment.

1 . A method for providing data objects to be rendered in connection with a voice communication channel between an A-party having a first communication device and a B-party having a second communication device and being addressed by a B-number, comprising: 
 determining the occurrence of a trigger event associated with a voice communication channel established or sought to be established between said A-party and said B-party, said B-party being addressed by a B-number;    preparing a data object request including at least information of (a) an address indicia of the A-party and/or B-party, and (b) the determined trigger event;    sending the data object request to a data object server remotely located from both the A-party and the B-party;    receiving a data object response based on the data object request;    processing the data object response to render a data object to at least one of the A-party and the B-party.    
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the information of the determined trigger event comprises an indicia of the trigger event type.  
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the data object server stores data objects, or addresses to data objects stored at another location, there further being a plurality of data objects that are associated with different trigger events.  
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the data object server provides a data object, or provides an address to a data object, that is specific to the trigger event type.  
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the voice communication channel is on a first packet-switched communication channel and the data object request is on a second packet-switched communication channel.  
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the voice communication channel is on a first packet-switched communication channel, and the data object request and the data object response is on a second packet-switched communication channel.  
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein one or both of the communication device comprises one or more of a mobile phone, a standard telephone (POTs), a personal data assistant (PDA) device, a computer, a facsimile device, and a data modem device.  
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the voice communication channel includes a connection to a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL).  
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the voice communication channel includes a connection to ADSL, HDSL or XDSL.  
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the data object is rendered to the calling A-party.  
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the data object is rendered to the called B-party.  
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the data object rendered to the calling A-party is based on the called number of the called B-party.  
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1   1 , wherein the data object rendered to the called B-party is based on the calling number of the calling A-party.  
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the data object request includes encrypted information.  
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the data object response includes encrypted information.  
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein each of the data object request and the data object response includes encrypted information.  
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein data objects are rendered at each of the calling A-party and the called B-party associated with the voice communication channel.