Patent ID: 8775327
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for combining private contact information and enterprise application system (EAS) data for an enterprise in a directory, comprising: receiving at a processor private contact information regarding a first employee from a second employee; storing by the processor the private contact information regarding the first employee on a human resources module of an EAS server, the human resources module further storing public contact information regarding the first employee that can be edited only by selected human resources administrators, wherein the public contact information regarding the first employee is viewable by users of the EAS, wherein the storing is in response to a request from the second employee and the second employee is not a selected human resource administrator; displaying on a first user interface the private contact information of the first employee together with the public contact information of the first employee to the second employee and to a selected group of users authorized to view the private contact information, the selected group of users selected by the second employee, wherein the second employee is one of the users of the EAS and is not authorized to edit the public contact information regarding the first employee; wherein the displaying on the first user interface is in response to a request for contact information of the first employee from the second employee or from one of the selected group of users; and in response to a request for contact information of the first employee from a requester that is not the second employee and not from one of the selected group of users, displaying on a second user interface the public contact information of the first employee and not displaying the private contact information.