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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2005
James F. Fowler, San Mateo, CA (US);
Garth B. Moulton, San Carlos, CA (US);
Peng Chong Sien, San Francisco, CA (US);
Saaed Fattahi, Brighton, MI (US);
Rajan Madhavan, Foster City, CA (US);
Kenneth R. Lenga, San Francisco, CA (US);
James F. Fowler, San Mateo, CA (US);
Garth B. Moulton, San Carlos, CA (US);
Peng Chong Sien, San Francisco, CA (US);
Saaed Fattahi, Brighton, MI (US);
Rajan Madhavan, Foster City, CA (US);
Kenneth R. Lenga, San Francisco, CA (US);
salesforce.com, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
There is provided a method and system to maintain published contact information. The system includes a storage facility to store contact information of a first entity at the system. The system further includes an interface to electronically publish, via a communications network, the contact information of the first entity to a plurality of users of the system and receive, at the system, information relating to validity of the contact information of the first entity. The information is received via the communications network from a first user of the plurality of users. The system further includes a stored value module automatically to provide a reward to the first user responsive to the receipt of the information relating to the validity of the contact information of the first entity.