Patent ID: 7480695

Claim:
A method of retrieving information via a network, comprising: receiving a phone call initiated by a dialing sequence, wherein the dialing sequence was entered by a caller to make a telephone connection on a telephone of the caller, wherein the dialing sequence includes at least a telephone number; determining that the phone call includes a request for web-based information, wherein the determining includes detecting meta-information received with the telephone number in the dialing sequence; determining the web-based information requested, wherein the telephone number in conjunction with any meta-information sent with the telephone call determines the web page requested; determining a network address of a return response device of the caller, wherein the web-based information is to be returned to the caller at the return response device, and wherein the network address is not associated with the telephone by receiving a network protocol formatted request generated by the telephone nor by receiving a network protocol formatted return address generated by the telephone; generating a network protocol request for the requested web-based information; and sending the network protocol request to a network server capable of retrieving the web-based based information, wherein sending the network protocol request includes sending the network address to the network server for enabling the network server to forward delivering the retrieved information to the return response device at the network address.