Patent ID: 6961414

Claim:
A telephone network-based system for automatic insertion of web-enhanced contact data into a personal address book associated with a user that has access to an electronic communications network, said system comprising: a first application unit operable to host the telephone network-based system; a second application unit programmed to present the user with contact data obtained via the electronic communications network and assist the user in selecting at least a portion of the contact data for entry into the personal address book, said second application unit comprising: a voice response unit operable to route a user-initiated call into the system, to said second application unit; a recognition server comprising an automatic speech recognizer operable to convert a verbalized form of a new contact name to a text form, wherein the text form of the new contact name forms part of the user-initiated call; a storage unit operable to store at least one textual directory for loading into said recognition server; a comparison unit operable to compare the converted text form of the new contact name with a plurality of text entries in the at least one stored textual directory; and a textual directory unit for searching the electronic communications network to locate and select the contact data based on a telephone number corresponding to the new contact name, wherein the selected contact data is inserted into the personal address book associated with the user and wherein further, the selected contact data is data other than the new contact name and the telephone number corresponding to the new contact name.