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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2000
Robert M. Nagy, Aurora, IL (US);
Karen L. Enright, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Daniel H. Morgan, Chicago, IL (US);
Interface Software, Inc., Oak Brook, IL (US);
Abstract
A relationship management system uses a database to store contact information related to a number of contacts and uses a number of folders, each of which reference one or more of the contacts within the database, to display contact information. Each of the contact information records stored within the database has an associated contact information type and a visibility attribute that defines the folders through which the associated contact information record is viewable. If the visibility attribute is set to a global value, the contact information record may be viewed by all folders. If the visibility attribute is set to a private value, the contact information record may be viewed only by specified folders. When a display routine of the relationship management system displays folders on a display device, a contact information display field is used to display each of the contact information records of a particular type that are defined as being either globally viewable or as being privately viewable through the folder being displayed.