TELEPHONE DIRECTORY INFORMATION SERVICES VIA

Brand	Owner (click to sort)	Address	Description
BELL ATLANTIC	BELL ATLANTIC CORPORATION	1310 NORTH COURT HOUSE ROAD ARLINGTON VA 22216	telephone directory information services via telephone and computer; preparation and placement of advertisements for others, and consulting related thereto; promoting the goods and services of others by providing discounts through the use of membership cards; managing the telecommunications systems and equipment for others; business management consulting services; billing services; providing statistical information; data processing services in the field of communications; retail store services, namely, telephone stores specializing in telecommunications equipment; on-line retail stores featuring a wide variety of goods and services; leasing business equipment; preparation and placement of telephone directory and advertisements for others;The drawing is lined for the colors blue and green which are features of the mark.;
THE BELL ATLANTIC EFFECT	BELL ATLANTIC CORPORATION	1310 NORTH COURT HOUSE ROAD ARLINGTON VA 22216	telephone directory information services via telephone and computer, preparation and placement of advertisements for others, and consulting related thereto; promoting the goods and services of others by providing discounts through the use of membership cards; managing telecommunications systems and equipment for others; business management consulting services; billing services; providing statistical information; data processing services in the field of communications; retail store services, namely, telephone stores specializing in telecommunications equipment; on-line retail stores featuring a wide variety of goods and services; leasing business equipment; preparation and placement of telephone directory advertisements for others;
	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.