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Multi-service directory and communication system

CA 2315420 A1 · Owner: Egan, Brian B. · Inventors: Brennan, Paul M.; Egan, Brian B.

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

A multi-service directory system that allows a communication originator to search for a recipient (or recipients) and be presented with a listing of the, communications services used by the recipient. Preferably the originator need , not, switch applications and re-enter address information but merely selects the , desired, service indicated for the recipient. The multi-service directory system would then launch, the selected service and automatically provide the service with the recipient's address.

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  • Filed August 10, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 10, 2020.
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FiledAugust 10, 2000
GrantedNo grant recorded
Term endedAugust 10, 2020
Patent numberCA 2315420 A1
Classification (IPC)H04L12/16 +2 more

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