Communication assistance system and method

Abstract

A communication assistance system provides access to information corresponding to a plurality of subscriber listings. The system includes a telephone switch for receiving calls from a plurality of callers desiring to access the information corresponding to the subscriber listings and a database directory listing for storing information corresponding to each one of the subscriber listings. The information in the subscriber listings include a Rate Plan field associated with billing rates corresponding to each one of the subscribers such that when the system connects the caller to the subscriber, the system employs the Rate Plan Field to determine the billing amount charged to the caller so that the subscriber is not billed for the call.

1 . A billing system for a communication assistance system, said system comprising:
 an interface for receiving incoming communications from at least one requester desiring connection information corresponding to a wireless subscriber listing among a plurality of available wireless listings subscriber listings;   said system configured to retrieve said information corresponding to said requested connection information corresponding to said wireless subscriber; and   a billing record database, configured, to store information corresponding to a communication between said requester and said subscriber, wherein said communication assistance system further provides instructions to said subscriber's service provider such that said subscriber is not billed for a communication connected to said subscriber from said requester.   
     
     
         2 . The system in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein said billing record database is configured to store information corresponding to each service provider that respectively handles said plurality of available subscriber listings. 
     
     
         3 . The system in accordance with  claim 2 , wherein said system is further configured to utilizes said information corresponding to each service provider that respectively handles said plurality of available subscriber listings to prepare billing to be charged to a service provider of said requestor.