Patent ID: 8972505
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for managing contact information, the method comprising: maintaining in a server a list of records for a registered user, each of the records including a profile of a contact of the registered user, the profile including a text field in addition to at least a last name, a first name, and an email address of the contact, wherein the text field allows the contact to edit a personal statement in free form to be shared with contacts of the contact, wherein the server maintains a plurality of registered users; posting comments received from some of the contacts in responding to the personal statement by the contact; receiving data by the server from at least two sources, the data from each of the at least two sources including a fractional portion of one of records, wherein the server and each of the at least sources are coupled over a data network; merging the data for the one of records by operations including: synchronizing the records between the server and one of the sources upon a request, wherein the one of the sources has a latest version of the records, each of the sources is one of an email application tool, a webmail tool, a cellular phone, a personal computer, and a mobile device: matching an offer from a first one of the registered users in response to a request from a second one of the registered users; sending a first link to a profile of the first one of the registered users to the second one of the registered users and a second link to a profile of the second one of the registered users to the first user; and making the first one of the registered users to be a contact of the second one of the registered users and the second user to be a contact of the first one of the registered users when the first one and second one of the registered users agree to go with the offer and the request.