AUDIO TEX TELEPHONE INFORMATION SERVICES

Brand	Owner (click to sort)	Address	Description
STARLINE	NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, THE	620 Eighth Avenue New York NY 10018	audio-tex telephone information services in the field of sports, entertainment, news and general trivia;STAR LINE;The lining is for shading purposes and does not represent color.;
STARLINE	HALIFAX NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA	901 SIXTH STREET DAYTONA BEACH FL 32117	audio-tex telephone information services in the field of sports, entertainment, news and general trivia;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for obtaining information from a remote database via a telephone network using an automated interactive system. Such information may include, for example, credit history information, address/telephone number information, and book availability information. The system includes a an automated call handler for receiving calls from the telephone, for receiving a request for information, for accessing the requested information, and for providing the requested information in accordance with the request, an audio controller providing outgoing audio messages from the call handler to the telephone, and a gateway coupled to the call handler and having a searchable database that may be accessed by the call handler. A user calls into the system and interactively with the system enters information via the telephone keypad using plurality of two-character responses. The system analyzes the plurality of two-character responses, converts them into an ASCII database search request, search for the requested information from a database, and provides an audio response to the user.