Apparatus and method for providing contact number recommendations to users of telephony devices

摘要

Method and apparatus for providing information services to telephony devices. In one embodiment, a telephony device transmits a request for telephone numbers related to a provided telephone number. A service provider looks up related telephone numbers and provided the related telephone numbers to the requesting telephony device. The provided telephone number and the related telephone numbers may be related by being associated with the same or similar type of business. In one embodiment, the information services are fee-based.