Claims
- 1. A method of providing a directory service which receives a request and which provides information in response to the request, the method comprising:
receiving a request from a user of a telephone in an audio form; looking up information responsive to said request; providing said information to said telephone in a form of data capturable by said telephone.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein said request comprises a request for a telephone number, and wherein said information comprises said telephone number.
- 3. The method of claim 1, wherein said data capturable by said telephone comprises Wireless Markup Language (WML) data.
- 4. A method of obtaining directory assistance comprising:
using a telephone to place a voice call to a directory assistance service; requesting directory information from said directory assistance service; and receiving said directory information at said telephone in the form of non-voice data.
- 5. The method of claim 4, wherein said directory information comprises a telephone number.
- 6. The method of claim 4, wherein said telephone comprises a wireless telephone.
- 7. The method of claim 4, wherein said non-voice data comprises Wireless Markup Language (WML) data.
- 8. The method of claim 4, further comprising:
using said non-voice data to place a voice call to a party indicated by said directory information.
- 9. The method of claim 4, further comprising:
using said non-voice data to add said directory information to a contact list on said telephone.
- 10. In a communications device that allows a user to engage in a voice call with a directory service, the improvement comprising:
software that receives data indicative of a telephone number in response to a conversation that occurs between the user and the directory service during the voice call, and that places a voice call to said telephone number in response to a user-generated instruction.
- 11. The improvement of claim 10, further comprising:
software that adds the telephone number to a contacts list.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional application No. 60/310,615, entitled “Multi-Modal Directories for Telephonic Applications,” filed Aug. 7, 2001.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60310615 |
Aug 2001 |
US |