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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
May. 02, 2001
Method and apparatus to provide enhanced directory assistance information in a communication network
Martha Desmond, Cranford, NJ (US);
Karrie Jo Hanson, Westfield, NJ (US);
Bethany Scott Robinson, Lebanon, NJ (US);
David G. Unger, Mendham Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
Michael Chris Varley, Westfield, NJ (US);
AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus that provide enhanced directory assistance information. An operator receives a request for directory information about a listed party over a telephone connection. It is then determined if enhanced directory information for the listed party is available in an enhanced information database. The enhanced directory information associated with the listed party is retrieved, from the enhanced information database, as a script that incorporates the enhanced directory information. The enhanced directory information can then be provided using the script. The enhanced directory information can be stored, for example, on a Web server that is updated by the listed party and the information can be transferred using a Phone Markup Language script.