Patent ID: 6857024

Claim:
A system for providing information to a user connected to a data network, the system comprising: a database for storing information; a server associated with the database and having an information module, the information module responsive to a search request signal and sends information from the database corresponding to the search request signal; and a first station for initiating voice conversation with a second station, the first station storing a plurality of programming modules, the plurality of programming modules operable to: store information at the first station, the information comprising audio information; initiate voice communication to the second station; play the information stored at the first station in response to initiating the voice communication to the second station; determine an amount of bandwidth available to receive information from the database; responsively affect the receiving of information from the database; determine whether a request for additional information has been received; connect the first station to a third station associated with the information, if a request for additional information has been received; and connect the first station to the second station, otherwise.