FULL-FEATURED AND ACTIONABLE ACCESS TO DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE QUERY RESULTS

摘要

A spoken request for directory assistance is placed through a mobile telephone in a conventional manner and data representing information responsive to the request is placed in an easily accessible and actionable database for subsequent retrieval. Actions designed for the type of information, including navigation directions for information which includes a location, are associated with the information and made available to the mobile telephone. Each of these actions are available to the user with only a few key clicks on the reduced keypad of the mobile telephone and initial specification of the place on interest using the same reduced keypad is avoided by allowing the user to simply speak to identify the place of interest.