SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLED ACCESS TO UP-TO-DATE CONTACT INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A method of maintaining up-to-date contact information about a user and making the contact information available to a recipient over a communications network, the method comprising the steps of:
- associating a recipient device on the communications network with the recipient;
associating a recipient server computing device with the recipient;
allocating storage space on a memory device of the recipient server computing device for access by the recipient;
storing an accessible subset of contact information in the memory device of the recipient server computing device, the accessible subset of contact information being a subset of the up-to-date contact information about the user; and
allowing the recipient to access the accessible subset of contact information stored on the recipient server computing device.
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Abstract
A method and system for controlling a recipient'"'"'s access to a user'"'"'s information. The method includes receiving a plurality of contact information, registration information and access information from the user. Only person'"'"'s knowing the user'"'"'s registration information can update the contact and access information of the user. The contact information entered by a user is about that user. The access information defines accessible sets of contact information to be made accessible to recipients. A telephone exchange is associated with each recipient; and a local server is associated with each telephone exchange. The accessible set of information is stored in the local server for access by the recipient. The system handles updates to information on the local servers when a user updates their contact information. The system can automatically place calls for a recipient to a user that has granted the recipient access to a number for communicating with the user.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of maintaining up-to-date contact information about a user and making the contact information available to a recipient over a communications network, the method comprising the steps of:
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associating a recipient device on the communications network with the recipient; associating a recipient server computing device with the recipient; allocating storage space on a memory device of the recipient server computing device for access by the recipient; storing an accessible subset of contact information in the memory device of the recipient server computing device, the accessible subset of contact information being a subset of the up-to-date contact information about the user; and allowing the recipient to access the accessible subset of contact information stored on the recipient server computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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21. A method of maintaining up-to-date contact information about a user and making the contact information available to a plurality of recipients over a communications network, the method comprising:
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receiving the up-to-date contact information from the user over the communications network, the up-to-date contact information being contact information about the user; presenting the user with a profile definition page, the profile definition page including a selection mechanism for the user to select any of the up-to-date contact information to create a user-defined profile; receiving a plurality of user-defined profiles from the user over the communications network, each of the plurality of user-defined profiles defining a profile subset of the up-to-date contact information about the user selected by the user using the profile definition page; and receiving assignment information from the user over the communications network, the assignment information assigning each of the plurality of recipients to one of the plurality of user-defined profiles; wherein, when an assigned recipient of the plurality of recipients is assigned to an assigned profile of the plurality of user-defined profiles, the assigned recipient is given access to the profile subset of the up-to-date contact information defined by the assigned profile. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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