Patent ID: 8332474

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, via a computing device, a listing from a directory listing subscriber, the listing comprising business contact information related to the directory listing subscriber; receiving a request from a user for the listing; providing the listing to the user; receiving from the user, a selection of portions of the business contact information to add to a personal directory associated with the user, wherein the selection further comprises user modifications to the business contact information, and wherein the personal directory is stored on a device associated with a directory listing service provider; adding the selected business contact information and the user modifications to the business contact information to the personal directory; receiving a first indication from the directory listing subscriber to send data associated with the directory listing subscriber to the personal directory, the data comprising an advertisement related to the directory listing subscriber; providing the advertisement to a device associated with the user; and sending billing data related to the advertisement to a billing system, wherein the billing data related to the advertisement comprises charges to the directory listing subscriber, wherein the charges are associated with providing the advertisement to the device associated with the user.