Patent ID: 8930237
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for enriching a directory service database by soliciting additional business information from businesses listed in the database, the method comprising: by a processor in a business directory service provider server, serving a business listing on a business directory Website, the business listing containing basic information about a listed business; by the processor in the business directory service provider server, determining a uniform resource locator of the listed business; by the processor in the business directory service provider server, classifying the listed business in a category by processing data located at the uniform resource locator in a pre-trained classifier model; by the processor in the business directory service provider server, mining the data located at the uniform resource locator for an email address of the listed business; by the processor in the business directory service provider server, transmitting a message to the email address of the listed business, soliciting, from the listed business, additional business information to enrich the basic information about the listed business, the message being tailored to the category of the listed business; and by the processor in the business directory service provider server, enriching the basic information about the listed business using additional business information received from the listed business.