A one number, multi-application, intelligent call processing system
provides service benefits to a caller, a servicing location and/or a
vanity number advertiser during a call, parallel to the call and/or post
call in an integrated common architecture. The system utilizes VRU
technology in conjunction with the national telecommunications network
connected via Computer Telephone Integration (CTI) to a virtual telephone
number database containing a nationwide master list of telephone numbers
with attribute data items associated by Spatial Key linkage to each
telephone number. The process of the invention is initiated by a caller
dialing a selected telephone number to request information and/or
services. Based on the number dialed, a caller or network provided
ten-digit telephone number and VRU prompted for and received caller
input, the system retrieves the application requested data from the
virtual telephone number database and provides it to the network.