Patent ID: 8307091

Claim:
A method for providing information in a communication network, comprising: receiving a request from a device of a subscriber for establishing an application session via the communication network, wherein the application session is for retrieving information associated with a radio frequency identification, and wherein the subscriber subscribes to a telephony communications service from the communication network, wherein the receiving comprises: receiving the request by a session controller deployed in the communication network; and establishing the application session between a radio frequency identification information application server deployed in the communication network and the device of the subscriber by the session controller; performing a search by the radio frequency identification information application server deployed in the communication network to retrieve information associated with the radio frequency identification, wherein the performing comprises receiving the radio frequency identification from the device of the subscriber, and wherein the radio frequency identification is received by the radio frequency identification information application server; and forwarding, by the radio frequency identification information application server, the information associated with the radio frequency identification to the device of the subscriber, wherein the information is displayed in an independent display frame on the device of the subscriber, wherein the device of the subscriber comprises a video display device.