Patent ID: 8244577

Claim:
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 a processor, determining a URL of the listed business by conducting an Internet search using a name of the listed business as a search term; by a processor, classifying the listed business in a category by processing data located at the URL in a pre-trained classifier model; by a processor, mining the data located at the URL for the email address of the listed business; and by a processor, transmitting from the business directory service provider server to the email address of the listed business mined from the data located at the URL, an email message soliciting, from the listed business, additional business information including hours of operation to enrich the basic information about the listed business, the message being tailored to the category of the listed business.