6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the network apparatus is further configured to: receive via the wireless interface a plurality of digitized representations of a speech input, said digitized representations generated by a speech recognition apparatus of respective ones of a plurality client apparatus, the input relating to respective ones of organizations or entities which a user of the respective client apparatus wishes to locate; forward the inputs via the network interface to a server disposed remotely from each of the client apparatus, for identification by the server of locations associated with respective ones of the organizations or entities, and retrieval of data associated with each of the locations; receive data relating to a plurality of graphical or visual representations of the respective locations, the graphical or visual representations being useful to aid users in finding the organizations or entities, the graphical or visual representations also comprising graphical or visual representations of the surroundings of the respective organizations or entities; and forward the received data to respective ones of the client apparatus via the wireless interface for display on a display device of the respective client apparatus.
1. Network apparatus configured to provide information to at least one client apparatus in communication therewith, the network apparatus comprising: a wireless interface; and a network interface in data communication with the wireless interface; wherein said network apparatus is configured to: receive via the wireless interface a digitized representation of a speech input, the digitized representation generated by a speech recognition apparatus of the at least one client apparatus, the input relating to an organization or entity which a user of the at least one client apparatus wishes to locate; forward the digitized representation via the network interface to a server disposed remotely from the client apparatus, for identification by the server of a location associated with the organization or entity, and retrieval of data associated with the location; receive the data, the data relating to a graphical or visual representation of the location, the graphical or visual representation of the location being useful to aid a user in finding the organization or entity, the graphical or visual representation of the location also comprising a graphical or visual representation of the surroundings of the organization or entity; and forward the received data to the at least one client apparatus via the wireless interface for display on a display device of the client apparatus.