Methods and systems for providing current email addresses and contact information for members within a social network

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Methods and systems for providing current email addresses or contact information to members within a social network are described. In one described method, an email program application requests an email address for a member within a social network. Using profile information associated with the member the email address is provided to the email program application which sent the request. The email address is then entered into the send-to parameter field of an email message. In another described method contact information associated , with a first member of a social can be provided to a second member of the social network. The contact information is provided if the relationship between …