Patent ID: 8255270

Claim:
A lead distribution system to distribute consumer business leads from lead sources to a plurality of lead destinations, the system comprising: a processor in communication with computer readable storage storing: lead destinations with which the lead distribution system has an established relationship; information about business preferences associated with a plurality of lead sources, the information including, but not limited to, information about a set of lead destinations with which a lead source has an established relationship and information specifying a set of one or more lead destinations to which the lead source wishes to block its leads from being distributed; and processor readable instructions configured such that together with the processor a selection system is implemented to identify a set of one or more potential lead destinations for a lead received from the lead source, wherein the set of one or more potential lead destinations may comprise lead-distribution-system-related lead destinations, lead-source-related lead destinations, or both; wherein the processor is configured to receive a notification of a lead available from a lead source; and wherein the processor implemented selection system includes instructions configured to block distribution of leads received from the lead source from being distributed to the one or more destinations to which the lead source wishes its leads to be blocked.