Technique for generating and managing a personal dialing queue

A method for providing an information assistance service, comprising:

• receiving a call from a caller, the call including an information assistance request;
• conducting a data search in response to the information assistance request;
• generating a record which contains a plurality of telephone numbers resulting from the data search, the telephone numbers being associated with a plurality of entities, respectively;
• establishing communications connecting the caller's call to two or more of the telephone numbers in the record in accordance with a call pattern before a termination of the caller's call;
• and
• allowing the caller to manipulate the call pattern.

A method for providing an information assistance service, comprising:

• receiving a call from a caller, the call including an information assistance request;
• conducting a data search in response to the information assistance request;
• generating a record which contains a plurality of telephone numbers resulting from the data search, the telephone numbers being associated with a plurality of entities, respectively;
• assigning a priority to at least one of the telephone numbers in the record;
• and
• establishing communications connecting the caller's call to two or more of the telephone numbers in the record in accordance with the priority before a termination of the caller's call;
• and
• allowing the caller to re-arrange the order of the communications by changing the priority.

A method for providing an information assistance service, comprising:

• receiving a call from a caller, the call including an information assistance request;
• conducting a data search in response to the information assistance request;
• generating a record which contains a plurality of telephone numbers resulting from the data search, the telephone numbers being associated with a plurality of entities, respectively;
• establishing communications connecting the caller's call to two or more of the telephone numbers in the record in accordance with a call pattern before a termination of the caller's call;
• and
• allowing the caller to re-arrange the order of the communications to manipulate the call pattern.

A system for providing an information assistance service, comprising:

• an interface configured to:
• receive a call from a caller, the call including an information assistance request, a data search being conducted in response to the information assistance request;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• generate a record which contains a plurality of telephone numbers resulting from the data search, the telephone numbers being associated with a plurality of entities, respectively;
• establish communications connecting the caller's call to two or more of the telephone numbers in the record in accordance with a call pattern before a termination of the caller's call;
• and
• allowing the caller to re-arrange the order of the communications to manipulate the call pattern.

A method for providing an information assistance service, comprising:

• receiving a call from a caller, the call including an information assistance request;
• conducting a search of a database not associated with the caller, in response to the information assistance request;
• generating a record which contains a plurality of telephone numbers resulting from the search, the telephone numbers being associated with a plurality of independent entities, respectively;
• and
• establishing communications connecting the caller's call to two or more of the telephone numbers in the record before a termination of the caller's call.

A method for providing an information assistance service, comprising:

• receiving a call from a caller, the call including an information assistance request;
• conducting a data search in response to the information assistance request;
• generating a record containing a plurality of telephone numbers resulting from the data search, the telephone numbers being associated with a plurality of entities, respectively, wherein at least one of the telephone numbers in the record is assigned a priority based on a compensation by the entity associated with the at least one telephone number to a provider of the information assistance service;
• and
• repeating the following (a) through (e) one or more times before the caller's call is terminated:
• (a) selecting a first telephone number from the record;
• (b) establishing a first communication by connecting the caller's call to the first telephone number;
• (c) detecting a predetermined call status condition relating to the first communication;
• (d) in response to the predetermined call status condition, selecting a second telephone number from the record;
• and
• (e) establishing a second communication by connecting the caller's call to the second telephone number.