Mark D Jeffrey

US Patent:

20050182745, Aug 18, 2005

Filed:

Jul 30, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/902078

Inventors:

Jasjit Dhillon - Rancho Palos Verdes CA, US
Mark Jeffrey - Santa Monica CA, US
Todd Kamin - Atlanta GA, US
Frederick Conklin - Orinda CA, US
Peter Hutto - South Pasadena CA, US
Stanley Crair - San Marino CA, US

International Classification:

G06F007/00

US Classification:

707001000

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention include an information sharing system that provides an online business service from a provider that uses the Internet to enable individuals and organizations to link together contact databases that reside in multiple desktop applications and create a unified meta-database. This database can be searched by individual subscribers in order to locate a specific entity (such as an organization or a person, by name, title or organization, such as an executive in a target organization), identify if a path to the executive exists through a chain of contacts across the linked contact databases, and request a referral based introduction to the specific executive.

US Patent:

20060085373, Apr 20, 2006

Filed:

Sep 30, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/956489

Inventors:

Jasjit Dhillion - Rancho Palos Verdes CA, US
Mark Jeffrey - Santa Monica CA, US
Todd Kamin - Atlanta GA, US
Frederick Conklin - Orinda CA, US
Peter Hutto - South Pasadena CA, US
Stanley Crair - San Marino CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707001000

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention include an information sharing system that provides an online business service from a provider that uses the Internet to enable individuals and organizations to link together contact databases that reside in multiple desktop applications and create a unified meta-database. This database can be searched by individual subscribers in order to locate a specific entity (such as an organization or a person, by name, title or organization, such as an executive in a target organization), identify if a path to the executive exists through a chain of contacts across the linked contact databases, and request a referral based introduction to the specific executive.