Systems and methods for management of contact information

A system for the management of contact information, said system, for use with devices, comprising:

• a database having, for a plurality of users of the system, first storage spaces for storing said users' outgoing contact information profiles and, for at least some of said users, second storage spaces for storing incoming contact information profiles, said database also configured to store preferences for at least some of said users, and wherein said database includes a directory for searching of contact information profiles, said directory including said users' outgoing contact information profiles that are searchable by one or more other said users of the system, and wherein at least some of said users may set preferences with respect to accessibility of their outgoing contact information profiles in said directory;
• an Internet interface linked to said database and enabling interactions, via the Internet, between said database and a plurality of said devices;
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• a communications gateway linked to said database for either sending to or receiving from said devices, or both, communications via either the Internet or other public communications networks, or both,
• wherein said system is configured to operate in conjunction with one or more distributors, said system configured to receive one or more communications, via the Internet, generated in connection with a first said user's using a first said distributor while on a said device and, in response to said one or more communications, to deliver an advertisement via the Internet for presentation to said first user on said device.