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Patent No.:

US 8705516 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2011
Applicants:

Christine Baumeister, Schwenksville, PA (US);

Marc Thornton, Center Valley, PA (US);

Inventors:

Christine Baumeister, Schwenksville, PA (US);

Marc Thornton, Center Valley, PA (US);

Assignee:

Grape Technology Group, Inc., Bethlehem, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for operating a directory assistance system responsive to Voice over IP device requests including receiving a first directory assistance request from at least one Voice over IP device and identifying the requested information on a database. The requested information is formatted in the database in accordance with a format required by the Voice over IP device and is then a notification message is transmitted to indicating its availability. A second request is received from the Voice over IP device for retrieval of the formatted requested information, which is in turn transmitted to the Voice over IP device via the web server.


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