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Purchasing contact information from an electronically displayed map

  • US 10,083,488 B2
  • Filed: 10/23/2014
  • Issued: 09/25/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for adding records to a user account in a database, comprising:

  • identifying at least one record stored in the database in response to a query from a registered user of the database, the query having search criteria for identifying records stored in the database that have contact information including an address located within a defined distance of a specified location, the registered user having a user account for purchasing and maintaining records in the database;

    transmitting instructions to the user for rendering a map of the specified location on a display along with a representation of the identified record in response to identifying the at least one record, the displayed representation of the identified record including contact information and a widget configured to enable the user to purchase the identified record upon selection of the widget, at least some of the contact information of the identified record included in the displayed representation of the identified record being obscured in the representation of the identified record;

    executing a purchase transaction for the identified record in response to selection of the widget included in the displayed representation of the identified record by the user, wherein the user account is debited for the purchase transaction and the identified record is associated with the user account; and

    transmitting, upon completion of the purchase transaction, instructions to the user for modifying the representation of the identified record on the map to reveal the obscured contact information.

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