Storing and sharing personal information over the internet

摘要

A system and method for providing a social network computing system having a database of user records of members of the social network where the user records are structured according to topic. Topics are arranged in an interlinked manner in a topic library stored on the database and managed by database manager. Each topic is related to a set of questions relevant to the topic. For each question, a user preferably records a video recording containing a response to the question. The user records may be edited by the owner or viewed by other members of the social network according to permissions.

主权项

1. A computing system for a social network comprising: (a) at least one network server including:
(i) a Data Base including a library of user records of user members of the social network and a topic library, (ii) a User Communications and Applications Manager (UCAM), and (iii) a database manager, wherein said database manager is configured to manage said libraries and exchange data between said database and said UCAM, and wherein said UCAM is operative to communicate, via a network, with a user computing device, and wherein each said user record contains personal information data of a said user member of the social network to whom said personal information data pertains, wherein said at least one network server further includes: (iv) client software, said client software configured to be downloaded from said at least one network server to said user computing device, and wherein said UCAM is operative to exchange data with said user computing device via said client software, wherein each said user record includes: (i) a Profile and General Presentation (PGP) segment, configured to include at least a portion of said personal information data of said user member, and (ii) at least one topic segment headed by a topic, wherein said heading topic is selected from said topic library, wherein said at least one topic segment includes: (i) said heading topic, (ii) at least one question sub-segment, and (iii) a set of topic links, wherein each said at least one question sub-segment includes: (i) a question related to said heading topic, (ii) a message answering said question, (iii) supplementary data related to said question or said message, and (iv) a question link file configured to contain a set of links to related said questions and related said supplementary data, wherein said question related to said heading topic newly added to the computing system by at least one said registered user of the computing system, wherein the registered users share and search for personal information of other said user members in the same social network based on a multitude of interests.