Providing information to facilitate telephone conversations
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1. A method comprising:
- enabling automatic access to a telephone number associated with a second party during a telephone call;
enabling access to a first database in a first system, said first database storing multiple records, each including a name, a telephone number and other information; and
enabling the telephone number to be used to locate in said database a record for said second party.
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Abstract
A processor-based device automatically accesses a telephone number of a second party during an ongoing telephone call to retrieve and display extended data about the second party. In one embodiment, if this extended data is not available on a first database, the device may automatically initiate a search for the extended data on databases external to the device.
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1. A method comprising:
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enabling automatic access to a telephone number associated with a second party during a telephone call;
enabling access to a first database in a first system, said first database storing multiple records, each including a name, a telephone number and other information; and
enabling the telephone number to be used to locate in said database a record for said second party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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a processor;
a storage associated with said processor to store a first database with a plurality of records, each containing a telephone number, a name and other information; and
an application stored in said storage that enables said processor to access the telephone number of a second party to an ongoing telephone call, search said first database for a record containing said telephone number, and display a name, telephone number and other information associated with said record. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 14)
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13. The system of claim 13 wherein said storage stores a user preference table that indicates a preferred search hierarchy among a plurality of databases.
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15. An article comprising a medium storing instructions that enable a processor-based system to:
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automatically access a telephone number of a second party to an ongoing telephone call;
access a first database storing a plurality of records, each record including a name, a telephone number and other information;
search said first database for a record containing said telephone number; and
display a name, number and other information associated with said record. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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