Patent ID: 8898219

Claim:
A method, comprising: determining at least one of an electronic address and identifier of a third party; determining, by a user's communication device, third party information to be located; determining, by the user's communication device and based on the third party information to be located, an information server to be contacted; requesting, by the user's communication device, the information server to locate, by a search, the third party information, wherein the search uses the at least one of an electronic address and third party identifier and wherein the search includes a public resource other than a presence service; receiving, by the user's communication device and from the information server, search results; and presenting, by the user's communication device, the search results to a user, wherein a level of trust is determined by the information server to exist between the user and the third party, wherein the information server selects a search strategy for the third party information based on the level of trust, and wherein differing levels of trust correspond to differing search strategies.