System and method for finding persons in a corporate entity

A system for providing contact information of individuals associated with an organization to a user, comprising:

• an information database comprising contact information records for each of the individuals associated with the organization, each of the contact information records comprising contact information for a particular one of the individuals associated with the organization;
• a corporate Intranet to which the information database is coupled;
• a server coupled to the information database through the corporate intranet executing a graphical user interface which the users uses to access contact information;
• wherein the user uses the graphical user interface to construct a query to the information database, the response to which comprises one or more of the contact information records, the one or more contact information records being responsive to the user's query;
• and
• wherein the server displays the contact information in the form of an organization chart to the user in the graphical user interface.

A method for providing contact information about one or more persons associated with an organization to a user, comprising the steps of:

• storing contact information records in an information database;
• creating a query;
• submitting the query to the information database;
• returning one or more contact information records responsive to query;
• displaying data from the one or more contact information records to the user in a display;
• selecting one of the contact information records from the display;
• and
• displaying an organization chart using data contained in the selected record.

A method for providing information about persons associated with an organization, comprising the steps of:

• (a) accessing homepage having one or more fields for inputting query data to obtain information regarding persons associated with the organization;
• (b) submitting a query to a database containing information regarding persons associated with the organization;
• (c) receiving one or more contact information records responsive to the query;
• (d) displaying data from the one or more contact information records to the user in a display;
• (e) selecting one of the contact information records from the display;
• (f) displaying an organizational chart using data contained in the selected record;
• (g) modifying one or more of the contact information records;
• and
• (h) storing the one or modified contact information records in the database.