Patent ID: 7555534

Claim:
A method implemented by a computing device for transferring contact data from a server to a client computer via a communication network, said method comprising: receiving, at the server, a directory request from a user of the client computer, said directory request including user identification data for the user of the client computer; identifying a custom directory corresponding to the user identification data, said custom directory including the contact data for individuals stored by the user, said contact data having at least a first form and a second form, wherein the first form of contact data corresponds to a written form and the second form of contact data corresponds to a phonetic form; determining a content of the contact data to transfer to the client computer as a function of a regional attribute of the server; and transferring the determined content of the contact data to the client computer, wherein the transferring includes transferring only the first form of the contact data when the regional attribute does not indicate the server is serving a region in which contact data has the first form and the second form, and wherein the transferring includes transferring the first and second forms of contact data when the regional attribute indicates the server is serving the region in which the contact data has the first form and the second form.