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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2011
Sundar Rajan Padmanabhan, Irving, TX (US);
Apurva Pathak, Manhasset, NY (US);
Sundar Rajan Padmanabhan, Irving, TX (US);
Apurva Pathak, Manhasset, NY (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed for providing context information pertaining to a request of a directory assistance operator service based on a context identifier. The context identifier permits the directory assistance operator service to obtain context information including a location of the user and a location relevant to a directory listing search. The context identifier also can be used to pass context information or directory listing information across multiple types of user devices that use different types of services including a television service, a mobile service, a landline telephone service, and Internet service, and third party devices to permit enhanced directory assistance services to be provided to the user.