Patent ID: 8095655
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of maintaining up-to-date contact information about a user and making the contact information available to a recipient over a communications network, the method comprising the steps of: receiving the up-to-date contact information from the user over the communications network, the up-to-date contact information being contact information about the user; receiving access information from the user over the communications network, the access information defining the recipient's access rights to the up-to-date contact information about the user; associating a recipient device on the communications network with the recipient; associating a recipient server computing device with the recipient; allocating storage space on a memory device of the recipient server computing device for access by the recipient; storing an accessible subset of contact information in the memory device of the recipient server computing device, the accessible subset of contact information being a subset of the up-to-date contact information about the user, the accessible subset of contact information being defined by the access information received from the user; and allowing the recipient to access the accessible subset of contact information stored on the recipient server computing device.