One number, intelligent call processing system

A method of using an identifier received during communication over a network and at least one publicly available database to link to and retrieve information related to an entity selected from a plurality of entities, wherein the entity is selected via a spatial key determined from the received identifier, the method comprising:

• receiving an identifier during communication over a network;
• associating the received identifier with a spatial key;
• selecting, via at least a portion of the spatial key, at least one entity from a plurality of entities;
• retrieving information associated with the at least one selected entity including information derived at least in part from a publicly available database selected from one of:
• a United States Postal Service (USPS) National Address database, a USPS ZIP Code database, a USPS City State database, a USPS Delivery Sequence database, a United States Census Bureau Topographically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing system (TIGER) database, a database containing latitude and longitude coordinates for a plurality of street links, a North American Datum (NAD) database, a national Telephone Number Plan Area database, and a national Local Exchange Routing Guide (LERG) database;
• and
• providing the retrieved information to the network.

A method of ordering products or services from an entity selected from a plurality of entities based on an identifier received during communication over a network, the method comprising:

• receiving an identifier during communication over a network;
• associating the received identifier with a spatial key, wherein the linkage key is based on information obtained at least in part from one of:
• a United States Postal Service (USPS) National Address database, a USPS ZIP Code database, a USPS City State database, a USPS Delivery Sequence database, a US Census Bureau Topographically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing system (TIGER) database, a database containing latitude and longitude coordinates for a plurality of street links, a North American Datum (NAD) database, a national Telephone Number Plan Area database, and a national Local Exchange Routing Guide (LERG) database;
• selecting, via at least a portion of the spatial key, an order-accepting entity from a plurality of entities;
• retrieving information associated with the selected order-accepting entity;
• and
• providing the retrieved information to the network to enable placing an order with the order-accepting entity.

A method of providing information associated with an initiating party to an advertiser, the method comprising:

• capturing an identifier of an initiating party during real-time communications to a network address of a vanity advertiser;
• determining a spatial key associated with the identifier;
• linking at least a portion of the determined spatial key with spatial information in records in at least one database to select one or more records;
• retrieving information associated with the initiating party from the one or more selected records;
• and
• providing the retrieved information associated with the initiating party to the advertiser via a communications network.

An automated communication processing system, comprising:

• a database including records containing spatial information;
• and
• a processor coupled to a communication network and configured to capture a first (location identifier during a communication session,
• determine a spatial key associated with the first location identifier,
• select records from said database by comparing at least a portion of the determined spatial key with spatial information from said database records;
• retrieve information associated with the first location identifier from said selected records,
• receive a communication network address associated with a recipient, and
• communicate the retrieved information associated with the first location identifier to the communication network address during the communication session.

In a communication network, a method of retrieving information associated with a first party during communication processing, the method comprising:

• receiving an information request over a communication network from a first communicating party;
• capturing an identifier of the first communicating party;
• determining a spatial key associated with the first party identifier;
• retrieving, via at least a portion of the spatial key, information associated with the first party identifier;
• and
• responding to the information request based on the retrieved information associated with the first party identifier.

In a communication network, a method of retrieving information associated with a first party during communication processing, the method comprising:

• capturing a first party identifier of a first communicating party;
• determining a spatial key associated with the first party identifier;
• selecting information associated with the first communicating party from a first database based on at least a portion of the determined spatial key;
• and
• communicating the selected information associated with the first communicating party to at least one recipient.