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AssigneeNumberlink Limited
InventorsDonald Charles Clarkson, David William Hunter, Douglas Matthew Kinloch, Mark Stephen Durrant
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A reverse based Electronic directory system is disclosed in which a subscriber can record a number of individual contact details about themselves, such as their telephone numbers (all types, including business, office direct line, business mobile, VoIP, home, personal mobile, facsimile) and e-mail addresses. The system allows other users to use one of these personal details as a search term in order to obtain other personal details. The system further provides for the ability to set permissions on any detail (such as personal details), so that they are not released without its owner's explicit permission.
A directory system operable such that a user is able to enter two or more of their individual details to said system, said two or more individual details including at least two details that are not the user's name and address, the system being arranged such that, should a search be performed using as a search term one of said at least two details that are not the user's name and address, at least another of said at least two details that are not the user's name and address will be returned as a result of the search.
A directory system wherein a user is able to enter two or more of their individual details to said system, said system further allowing said user to set a permission setting on at least one of their two or more individual details, the system allowing searches to be performed using any one of said two or more individual details as a search term, the conditions of release of any detail being dependent on that detail's permission setting.
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