Method and system for viewing a contact network feed in a business directory environment

A machine-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for viewing a contact network feed in a business directory environment, which instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:

• searching, based on a user specified search, a business directory to determine contacts;
• identifying network feeds associated with the contacts;
• outputting the network feeds;
• filtering, based on a user specified filter, the network feeds to determine filtered network feeds;
• outputting the filtered network feeds to a display device;
• receiving a user request to communicate with a contact associated with at least one of the filtered network feeds;
• and
• enabling a user to communicate with the contact using contact information from the business directory.

A method for viewing a contact network feed in a business directory environment, the method comprising:

• searching, based on a user specified search, a business directory to determine contacts;
• identifying network feeds associated with the contacts;
• outputting the network feeds;
• filtering, based on a user specified filter, the network feeds to determine filtered network feeds;
• outputting the filtered network feeds to a display device;
• receiving a user request to subscribe to a network feed of a contact associated with at least one of the filtered network feeds;
• and
• subscribing a user to the network feed of the contact to enable the user to receive updates for the network feed of the contact via a feed to the display device.

A method for transmitting code for viewing a contact network feed in a business directory environment on a transmission medium, the method comprising:

• transmitting code to search, based on a user specified search, a business directory to determine contacts;
• transmitting code to identify network feeds associated with the contacts;
• transmitting code to output the network feeds;
• transmitting code to filter, based on a user specified filter, the network feeds to determine filtered network feeds;
• transmitting code to output the filtered network feeds to a display device;
• transmitting code to receive a user request to subscribe to a network feed of a contact associated with at least one of the filtered network feeds;
• transmitting code to subscribe a user to the network feed of the contact to enable the user to receive updates for the network feed of the contact via a feed to the display device;
• transmitting code to receive a user request to communicate with a contact associated with at least one of the filtered network feeds;
• and
• transmitting code to enable communication with the contact using contact information from the business directory.