REQUEST FOR INFORMATION SYSTEM

摘要

A request for information system is provided. The request for information system may include at least one computer with a user interface and a program product adapted to provide user-generated elicited information through a question-and-answer forum organized by location. A user may select at least one current location or a custom location of interest. Then the user may subscribe to at least one localized list associated with the selected location of interest. Then the user may select a topic such as food, drink, culture or the like from the localized list. The program product may display the most relevant user-generated requests and elicited information that match the location and or the topics selected. At which point, a user may view such requests and elicited information or submit a new request. If the user submits a request, the program product may provide similar requests based on similarity in topic and location associated with the new request. The user may choose from the provided similar requests for viewing or the user may post their submitted request for other users to generate elicited information. In any event, the program product may provide elicited information in response. The provided elicited information may be ranked by the highest number of positive votes less negative votes. Subsequently, the program product may notify the user of any newly added requests and or elicited information related to requests the user has indicated through the steps disclosed herein.

主权项

1. A system for organizing a request-and-answer online forum, comprising:
a computer having a user interface; and a program product comprising machine-readable program code for causing, when executed, the computer to perform the following process steps:
participating with at least one other program product user to form the request-and-answer online forum comprising protocols for communicating with each other so as to share a plurality of requests and a plurality of elicited information in the request-and-answer online forum;prompting a first user for an associated geographical area;receiving user-inputted associated geographical area from the first user;receiving a request from the first user regarding at least one topic;identifying at least one elicited information pertaining to the associated geographical area, wherein the at least one elicited information is in the request-and-answer online forum; andelectronically representing the at least one elicited information related to the at least one topic on the first user interface.