Patent ID: 7352848

Claim:
A method for obtaining directory assistance information and for storing the obtained directory assistance information in a subscriber address book, comprising: receiving a call from a calling party seeking directory assistance information for a directory number; if the calling party has the address book in the database, querying the address book database for the directory number before querying a source of directory assistance information; if the directory number is located in the address book database, returning the directory number to the calling party; if the calling party has the address book in the database and the directory number is not located in the address book database, querying the source of directory assistance information for the directory number; if the calling party does not have the address book in the database, prompting the calling party to register establishment of the address book in the database before querying the source of directory assistance information for the directory number, and establishing the address book for the calling party requested by the calling party in response to the prompt for establishing the address book, and then querying the source of directory assistance information for the directory number; prompting the calling party with an offer to add obtained directory assistance information to the address book database; and adding to the address book database the directory number and associated name obtained from the source of directory assistance information.