Patent ID: 7478086

Claim:
A computerized method comprising: during a real-time online chat, online meeting, or online collaboration session between a plurality of participants, receiving one or more identification data items associated with said addition of a new participant to said chat, meeting, or collaboration; storing said received identification data item in a contact record in a local collaboration client contact list, said contact record having a plurality of fields; and triggered by storing of said identification data item in said local collaboration client contact list and during said chat, meeting or collaboration session; extracting a search key value for each data item of said contact record, said search key comprising at least an email address value associated with said new participant; using said search key values to search a trusted administered contact information store for corresponding data items, contents of said administered contact information store being managed by a database administrator; and modifying said contact record to include said corresponding data item from said trusted administered contact information data store.