Saving information from information retrieval systems

A method of saving to a designated memory location information obtained from a telephony-based information retrieval system, comprising the steps of:

• placing a call to a called party for obtaining information;
• obtaining information from an information retrieval system associated with the called party;
• providing information saving options to the calling party;
• saving the information to a memory location designated by the calling party for subsequent retrieval by the calling party;
• accessing the memory location to retrieve the saved information;
• retrieving the saved information;
• wherein the step of providing information saving options to the calling party further comprises the step of allowing the calling party to save the information obtained from the information retrieval system to an Internet-based website;
• and
• further comprising the step of:
• providing the calling party a website address and password for retrieving the saved information from the website.

A method of saving to a designated memory location information obtained from a telephony-based information retrieval system, comprising the steps of:

• placing a call to a called party for obtaining information;
• obtaining information from an information retrieval system associated with the called party;
• providing information saving options to the calling party;
• saving the information to a memory location designated by the calling party for subsequent retrieval by the calling party;
• accessing the memory location to retrieve the saved information;
• retrieving the saved information;
• wherein the step of providing information saving options to the calling party, further comprises the step of allowing the calling party to electronically mail the information to a designated electronic mail address;
• and
• further comprising the steps of:
• receiving an electronic mail address from the calling party;
• saving the information as a digital audio formatted file;
• and
• electronically mailing the information to the designated electronic mail address.

A method of saving to a designated memory location information obtained from a telephony-based information retrieval system, comprising the steps of:

• placing a call to a called party for obtaining information;
• obtaining information from an information retrieval system associated with the called party;
• providing information saving options to the calling party;
• saving the information to a memory location designated by the calling party for subsequent retrieval by the calling party;
• accessing the memory location to retrieve the saved information;
• and
• retrieving the saved information;
• wherein the step of obtaining the information from an information retrieval system includes obtaining the information from a network-based voice mail system subscribed to by the called party.

A method of saving to a designated memory location information obtained from a telephony-based information retrieval system comprising the steps of:

• placing a call to a called party for obtaining information;
• obtaining information from an information retrieval system associated with the called party;
• providing information saving Options to the calling party;
• saving the information to a memory location designated by the calling party for subsequent retrieval by the calling party;
• accessing the memory location to retrieve the saved information;
• and
• retrieving the saved information;
• wherein the information retrieval system is operatively connected to a called party's telephone, and wherein the step of obtaining the information from an information retrieval system further comprises:
• receiving the call at a called party's switch;
• routing the call to the called party's telephone;
• and
• routing the call from the called party's telephone to the information retrieval system via a computer telephony interface.

A system for saving to a designated memory location information obtained from a telephony-based information retrieval system, comprising:

• an information retrieval system associated with a called party operative
• to receive call to from a calling party for obtaining information;
• to provide information to the calling party;
• to provide information saving options to the calling party;
• to save the information to a memory location designated by the calling party for subsequent retrieval by the calling party;
• to allow the calling party access the memory location to retrieve the saved information;
• to allow retrieval of the saved information;
• and wherein
• the information retrieval system is further operative:
• to save the information at a memory location at the information retrieval system associated with the calling party;
• to save the information to a temporary voice mailbox established by the information retrieval system;
• to save the information to an Internet-based website;
• to forward the information to a forwarding telephone directory number;
• and
• to electronically mail the information to a designated electronic mail address.

A system for saving to a designated memory location information obtained from a telephony-based information retrieval system comprising:

• an information retrieval system associated with a called party operative to receive call to from a calling party for obtaining information;
• to provide information to the calling party;
• to provide information saving options to the calling party;
• to save the information to a memory location designated by the calling party for subsequent retrieval by the calling party;
• to allow the calling party access the memory location to retrieve the saved information;
• and
• to allow retrieval of the saved information;
• and
• wherein the information retrieval system includes a network-based voice mail system;
• and
• further comprising:
• a called party's switch operative
• to receive the call from the calling party;
• to query a service control point to determine whether the call is to be routed to the voice mail system;
• and
• the service control point operative
• to perform a database look-up to determine whether the call from the calling party is to be routed to the voice mail system;
• and
• to route the call to the voice mail system to provide information to the calling party.

A system for saving to a designated memory location information obtained from a telephony-based information retrieval system, comprising:

• an information retrieval system associated with a called party operative
• to receive call to from a calling party for obtaining information;
• to provide information to the calling party;
• to provide information saving options to the calling party;
• to save the information to a memory location designated by the calling party for subsequent retrieval by the calling party;
• to allow the calling party access the memory location to retrieve the saved information;
• and
• to allow retrieval of the saved information;
• wherein
• the information retrieval system is operatively connected to a called party's telephone via a called party's switch;
• and further comprising:
• the called party's switch operative
• to receive the call from the calling party;
• to route the call to the called party's telephone;
• the called party's telephone operative
• to route the call to the information retrieval system via a computer telephony interface.