User-maintained contact information data system
First Claim
1. A system to maintain published contact information, the system including:
- a storage facility to store contact information of a first entity at the system;
an interface to;
electronically publish, via a communications network, the contact information of the first entity to a plurality of users of the system; and
receive, at the system, information relating to validity of the contact information of the first entity, the information being received via the communications network from a first user of the plurality of users; and
a stored value module automatically to provide a reward to the first user responsive to the receipt of the information relating to the validity of the contact information of the first entity.
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Abstract
There is provided a method and system to maintain published contact information. The system includes a storage facility to store contact information of a first entity at the system. The system further includes an interface to electronically publish, via a communications network, the contact information of the first entity to a plurality of users of the system and receive, at the system, information relating to validity of the contact information of the first entity. The information is received via the communications network from a first user of the plurality of users. The system further includes a stored value module automatically to provide a reward to the first user responsive to the receipt of the information relating to the validity of the contact information of the first entity.
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28 Claims
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1. A system to maintain published contact information, the system including:
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a storage facility to store contact information of a first entity at the system;
an interface to;
electronically publish, via a communications network, the contact information of the first entity to a plurality of users of the system; and
receive, at the system, information relating to validity of the contact information of the first entity, the information being received via the communications network from a first user of the plurality of users; and
a stored value module automatically to provide a reward to the first user responsive to the receipt of the information relating to the validity of the contact information of the first entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-implemented method to maintain contact information published by a contact information computer system, the method including:
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electronically publishing, via a communications network, contact information of a first entity to a plurality of users of the contact information computer system;
receiving, at the contact information computer system, information relating to validity of the contact information of the first entity, the information being received via the communications network from a first user of the plurality of users; and
automatically providing a reward to the first user responsive to the receipt of the information relating to the validity of the contact information of the first entity. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A machine readable medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
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store contact information of a first entity at the system;
an interface to;
electronically publish, via a communications network, the contact information of the first entity to a plurality of users of the system; and
receive, at the system, information relating to validity of the contact information of the first entity, the information being received via the communications network from a first user of the plurality of users; and
provide a reward to the first user responsive to the receipt of the information relating to the validity of the contact information of the first entity.
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28. A system, the system including:
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a first means for electronically publishing, via a communications network, contact information of a first entity to a plurality of users of the contact information computer system;
a second means for receiving, at the contact information computer system, information relating to validity of the contact information of the first entity, the information being received via the communications network from a first user of the plurality of users; and
a third means for automatically providing a reward to the first user responsive to the receipt of the information relating to the validity of the contact information of the first entity.
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