DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE SERVICES

Brand	Owner (click to sort)	Address	Description
FIREFLY LOCATOR	Firefly Locator Inc.	494 Castlefield Avenue Toronto M5N 1L6 Canada	DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE SERVICES, NAMELY PROVIDING CONTACT INFORMATION TO INDIVIDUALS AND PROVIDING CONNECTION SERVICES TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS; DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE SERVICES, NAMELY PROVIDING CONTACT INFORMATION TO INDIVIDUALS AND PROVIDING CONNECTION SERVICES TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS;FIRE FLY LOCATOR;
MY CELLULAR 411	DIRECTORYNET	4555 Mansell Road Suite 230 Alpharetta GA 30022	directory assistance services;
THE VISION, THE VALUE, THE VOICE OF INFORMATION	GRAPE TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.	3400 Bath Pike, Suite 312 Bethlehem PA 18017	Directory assistance services;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

Directory assistance provides telephone number look up services to callers based on the business or caller name as listed in a telephone directory. In the prior art, directory assistance provides a value-added service to telephone users and an expense that must be charged back to telephone callers or absorbed by telephone carriers. In enhanced directory assistance (EDA) services as described in the disclosure, EDA is further developed to deliver a keyword targeted advertising service to telephone listing owners and advertisers. The present invention provides a method and system to extend EDA services to the wireless messaging systems used by telecommunications operators. The invention further discloses methods to support both one-way and two-way communications on these devices, as well as systems to support the distributed EDA Transaction business model.