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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2008
Evan Worley, San Diego, CA (US);
Jose Alejandro Alvarez, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Evan Worley, San Diego, CA (US);
Jose Alejandro Alvarez, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for managing contact information among relationships. The method involves receiving a notification request comprising contact information for a registered user, identifying an associated entity with which the registered user has a relationship, retrieving a user update preference associated with the registered user and the associated entity, retrieving an entity update preference associated with the associated entity, determining that the user update preference permits sending an update message to the associated entity, and sending the update message to the associated entity, wherein the update message is created and sent based on the contact information, the entity update preference, and the determination that the user update preference permits sending the update message to the associated entity.