Patent ID: 7243075

Claim:
A real-time, interactive method of building a contact list on a computer network based on selected criteria, the method comprising: interactively generating a list specification in real-time, comprising interactively specifying on a server a geographically defined area for which a contact list is desired including receiving user input via a user device in communication with the server via a network, and interactively specifying on the server a threshold score for selecting records for inclusion in the contact list including receiving user input via the user device in communication with the server via the network; building the contact list on the server in real-time based on the list specification; transmitting the contact list to a user-specified node on the network if one or more characteristics of the contact list are approved by the user; and wherein the characteristics of the contact list include a number of records on the contact list, the list specification for the contact list, and a cost of the contact list.