Method and system for viewing a contact network feed in a business directory environment
First Claim
1. An apparatus for viewing a contact network feed in a business directory environment, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor; and
one or more stored sequences of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to carry out the steps of;
searching, based on a user specified search, a business directory in a database system to determine at least one contact name;
identifying network feeds associated with the at least one contact name determined by the search of the business directory in the database system, wherein identifying one of the network feeds associated with the at least one contact name is based on an identifier associated with the at least one contact name by the business directory and associated with the one of the network feeds, wherein the identifier is different than the at least one contact name;
outputting the network feeds;
filtering, based on a user specified filter, the network feeds to determine filtered network feeds; and
outputting the filtered network feeds to a display device.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for viewing a contact network feed in a business directory environment. A system searches, based on a user specified search, a business directory to determine contacts, identifies network feeds associated with the contacts, and outputs the network feeds. For example, the system outputs network feeds from data center managers identified by the business directory. The system filters, based on a user specified filter, the network feeds to determine filtered network feeds, and outputs the filtered network feeds to a display device. For example, the system outputs the network feeds from data center managers that mention a specific product. The system can enable communication with a contact using contact information from the business directory. The system can subscribe a user to the network feed of a contact, wherein the user receives updates for the network feed of the contact via a feed to a display device.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus for viewing a contact network feed in a business directory environment, the apparatus comprising:
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a processor; and one or more stored sequences of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to carry out the steps of; searching, based on a user specified search, a business directory in a database system to determine at least one contact name; identifying network feeds associated with the at least one contact name determined by the search of the business directory in the database system, wherein identifying one of the network feeds associated with the at least one contact name is based on an identifier associated with the at least one contact name by the business directory and associated with the one of the network feeds, wherein the identifier is different than the at least one contact name; outputting the network feeds; filtering, based on a user specified filter, the network feeds to determine filtered network feeds; and outputting the filtered network feeds to a display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with executable instructions for viewing a contact network feed in a business directory environment, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause one or more processors to carry out the steps of:
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searching, based on a user specified search, a business directory in a database system to determine at least one contact name; identifying network feeds associated with the at least one contact name determined by the search of the business directory in the database system, wherein identifying one of the network feeds associated with the at least one contact name is based on an identifier associated with the at least one contact name by the business directory and associated with the one of the network feeds, wherein the identifier is different than the at least one contact name; outputting the network feeds; filtering, based on a user specified filter, the network feeds to determine filtered network feeds; outputting the filtered network feeds to a display device; receiving a user request to communicate with a contact associated with at least one of the filtered network feeds; and enabling a user to communicate with the contact using contact information from the business directory. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method for viewing a contact network feed in a business directory environment, the method comprising:
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searching, based on a user specified search, a business directory in a database system to determine at least one contact name; identifying network feeds associated with the at least one contact name determined by the search of the business directory in the database system, wherein identifying one of the network feeds associated with the at least one contact name is based on an identifier associated with the at least one contact name by the business directory and associated with the one of the network feeds, wherein the identifier is different than the at least one contact name; outputting the network feeds; filtering, based on a user specified filter, the network feeds to determine filtered network feeds; outputting the filtered network feeds to a display device; receiving a user request to subscribe to a network feed of a contact associated with at least one of the filtered network feeds; and subscribing a user to the network feed of the contact to enable the user to receive updates for the network feed of the contact via a feed to the display device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for transmitting code for viewing a contact network feed in a business directory environment on a transmission medium, the method comprising:
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transmitting code to search, based on a user specified search, a business directory in a database system to determine at least one contact name; transmitting code to identify network feeds associated with the at least one contact name determined by the search of the business directory in the database system, wherein identifying one of the network feeds associated with the at least one contact name is based on an identifier associated with the at least one contact name by the business directory and associated with the one of the network feeds, wherein the identifier is different than the at least one contact name; transmitting code to output the network feeds; transmitting code to filter, based on a user specified filter, the network feeds to determine filtered network feeds; transmitting code to output the filtered network feeds to a display device; transmitting code to receive a user request to subscribe to a network feed of the at least one contact associated with at least one of the filtered network feeds; transmitting code to subscribe a user to the network feed of the at least one contact to enable the user to receive updates for the network feed of the at least one contact via a feed to the display device; transmitting code to receive a user request to communicate with a contact associated with at least one of the filtered network feeds; and transmitting code to enable communication with the at least one contact using contact information from the business directory in the database system.
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