Patent ID: 8661076

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, at a computing device, a message from an information service provider in accordance with a previously defined request for information from a source external to an organization, the defined request including one or more parameters specifying search terms pertaining to the organization, the message including a first identifier associating the message with a record storing information pertaining to business of the organization, the record stored in a first database accessible to the computing device, the message including data provided in accordance with the one or more parameters, the data including news information related to the record; processing the data in the message to create a first data object, the first data object including at least a portion of the data including the news information related to the record, the first data object including a second identifier associating the first data object with the record; storing the first data object in a second database; and providing the first data object for display on a display device in an information feed associated with the record, the information feed including updates related to the record, the first data object provided for display with one or more selections configured to receive user commentary such that commentary from a plurality of users regarding the first data object is displayed with the first data object in the information feed.