METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING POPULARITY OF AN ENTERPRISE AND ASSOCIATING A RANKING FACTOR BASED ON POPULARITY WITH CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE ENTERPRISE STORED LOCALLY ON A COMMUNICATION DEVICE
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1. A method comprising:
- accessing data indicating instances of electronic communication with an enterprise;
determining a ranking factor for the enterprise based on a statistical evaluation of the number of instances of electronic communication with the enterprises;
associating the ranking factor with contact information for the enterprise; and
displaying the contact information according to ranking factor for the enterprise on a display screen of a communication device.
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Abstract
Electronic interaction with an enterprise is tracked and used to determine the popularity of the enterprise. A ranking factor is determined for each enterprise from the popularity and associated with contact information for the enterprise. The ranking factor is transmitted to a communication device containing the contact information wherein the ranking factor is associated with the contact information. The ranking factor may be used to sort the enterprises having contact information stored on the communication device in response to a user-initiated search query.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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accessing data indicating instances of electronic communication with an enterprise; determining a ranking factor for the enterprise based on a statistical evaluation of the number of instances of electronic communication with the enterprises; associating the ranking factor with contact information for the enterprise; and displaying the contact information according to ranking factor for the enterprise on a display screen of a communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system comprising:
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a centralized server maintaining a database containing contact information for a plurality of enterprises; a plurality of remote communication devices communicatively linked with the centralized server, each remote communication device having a contact list containing at least a portion of the contact information maintained in the database; and means for tracking electronic interaction with each enterprise and automatically updating the contact information for each enterprise in the contact list of each remote communication device to include a ranking factor based on the electronic interaction. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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accessing data indicating instances of electronic communication with an enterprise; determining a ranking factor for each instance of electronic communication with the enterprise; determining total ranking factor for all instances of electronic communication with the enterprise; and displaying the contact information according to total ranking factor for the enterprise on a display screen of a communication device.
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