Thomas S Strand

US Patent:

20050144249, Jun 30, 2005

Filed:

Dec 29, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/025031

Inventors:

Tony Alex - Huntington Station NY, US
Thomas Strand - Glen Cove NY, US
Peter Degen - Huntington NY, US

Assignee:

US eDirect, Inc. - Woodbury NY

International Classification:

G06F015/167
H04M003/42

US Classification:

709212000, 379218010

Abstract:

The invention provides a system that provides a low-cost solution to populate a database with customer information. The system consists primarily of a Caller ID device connected to an incoming phone line prior to a business's phone device and to a computing device via a corn port, USB port, LAN, and the like. The computing device accesses websites on the Internet through an Internet connection (e.g., modem, cable, etc.). The system searches for hits on a predetermined list of “websites.” If a hit is registered, the system “screen scrapes” the results of that web page, parses the results for address information (e.g., first name, last name, street address, city, state and zip) and stores this information in a database on the local computer. The database update is typically conducted in real time.