METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AND OFFERING AN EXCHANGE DATABASE

• US 20090100099A1
• Filed: 08/08/2008
• Published: 04/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jefric Consulting, LLC
• Original Assignee: Jefric Consulting, LLC
• Inventors: Buckwalter, Alan M.
• Application Number:
  US12/189,032
• Publication Number:
  US 20090100099A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/337 Profile generation, learning or modification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4547 for personal communications, i.e. using a personal identifier

Abstract

A system and method for providing an exchange database system is provided in some embodiments, the method includes automatically collecting contact information associated with a business or service provider; storing the automatically collected contact information in a plurality of data records, each data record being associated with a business or service provider; inviting the business or service provider associated with each of the plurality of data records to verify the automatically collected contact information and to subscribe to a service to maintain their associated contact information; and providing access the automatically collected contact information to subscribers and non-subscribers.

Claims

1. A method for providing an exchange database system, the method comprising:

automatically collecting contact information associated with a business or service provider;

storing the automatically collected contact information in a plurality of data records, each data record being associated with a business or service provider;

inviting the business or service provider associated with each of the plurality of data records to verify the automatically collected contact information and to subscribe to a service to maintain their associated contact information; and

providing access the automatically collected contact information to subscribers and non-subscribers.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing an indication that the automatically collected contact information is not verified, unless the invited business or service provider verifies their associated contact information in the plurality of data records.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein access to the automatically collected contact information that is not verified is denied after a predetermined time period in the instance the invited business or service provider fails to verify their associated contact information within the predetermined time period.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a subscriber is provided with a capability to create, verify, modify, their associated contact information and other optional data content.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a personal mailing list for the business or service provider, the mailing list including customized contact listings for the business or service provider.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising automatically providing an electronic notification to the business or service provider in the instance contact information associated with the personal mailing list for the business or service provider changes.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

executing a query against the plurality of data records;

storing a record of inputs and results associated with the query; and

providing the results of the query to a user.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing access to the plurality of data records to an advertiser; and

collecting fees from the advertiser, based at least in part, on the access provided.

9. The method of claim 1, providing a programmable interface to the invited business or service providers to provide access to their associated contact information, wherein the programmable interface provides functionality to create, modify, and delete contact information and other optional data types.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein responsibility to update the contact information resides with invited business or service provider associated with the contact information.