Contact relationship management system and method

A system for generating a target list from a plurality of input lists, each input list having a plurality of input contacts, comprising:

• an identification system for associating a unique identifier to each input contact;
• a merge system for processing the plurality of input lists to generate a contact database having a plurality of contacts;
• a history system for determining a set of history attributes for each contact by querying a history database for each contact using the unique identifier;
• and
• a target system for generating the target list based on the contact database and at least one history attribute.

A method of creating a contact management report, comprising:

• creating a contact database having a plurality of contacts by merging a plurality of input lists, wherein each contact includes a unique identifier and a value indicating a number of input lists on which the contact appeared;
• querying a history database for each contact in the contact database using the unique identifier;
• specifying a previous target list based on a plurality of previous input lists;
• determining a set of history attributes for each contact in the contact database based on the previous target list and the query;
• and
• creating the contact management report based on the contact database, the previous target list and the set of history attributes.

A contact management report based on a contact database and a previous target list, wherein the contact database includes a plurality of contacts merged from a plurality of input lists, and wherein the previous target list includes a plurality of target contacts merged from a plurality of previous input lists, comprising:

• input list data that describes at least one attribute of each input list;
• previous target list data that describes at least one attribute of the previous target list;
• group data that describes one of a group of contacts and a group of target contacts having a common history attribute;
• and
• comparison data that describes at least one history attribute of a group of contacts that match a group of target contacts and appear on both an input list and the previous target list.