Patent ID: 9705993
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M

Claim:
1. A method of operating a directory assistance (DA) application server to facilitate directory assistance lookup requests involving a web real-time communication (WebRTC) engine, the method comprising: receiving a first session initiation protocol (SIP) information message comprising a request for directory assistance data, wherein the request is expressed in an extensible markup language (XML) format; querying a directory assistance database to retrieve the directory assistance data; processing the directory assistance data to generate a second SIP information message comprising the directory assistance data expressed in the XML format; and transferring the second SIP information message for delivery to the WebRTC engine, wherein the WebRTC engine is configured to process the second SIP information message to extract the directory assistance data expressed in the XML format, process the directory assistance data to translate the directory assistance data expressed in the XML format to a browser-compatible format, and transfer the directory assistance data in the browser-compatible format.