Patent ID: 8266533

Claim:
An electronic publication system comprising: a processor configured to execute a publication module configured to generate a user interface based on an information search, the user interface including search result information associated with a first entity and communication initiation information associated with the first entity, the communication initiation information including identification information configured to identify a first contact module at a first computer system of the first entity, the first contact module having a contact module type, the communication initiation information being selectable to facilitate a communication between the first contact module and a second contact module at a second computer system of a second entity; a receiving module configured to receive a lead data record from a communication system that facilitates the communication between the first contact module and the second contact module upon selection of the communication initiation information; and a fee assessment module configured to receive the lead data record from the receiving module and to assess a fee to the first entity based on the lead data record and on the contact module type of the identified first contact module at the first computer system of the first entity.