METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING POPULARITY OF AN ENTERPRISE AND ASSOCIATING A RANKING FACTOR BASED ON POPULARITY WITH CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE ENTERPRISE STORED LOCALLY ON A COMMUNICATION DEVICE

摘要

Electronic interaction with an enterprise is tracked and used to determine the popularity of the enterprise. A ranking factor is determined for each enterprise from the popularity and associated with contact information for the enterprise. The ranking factor is transmitted to a communication device containing the contact information wherein the ranking factor is associated with the contact information. The ranking factor may be used to sort the enterprises having contact information stored on the communication device in response to a user-initiated search query.