A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION WITH SOURCES THEREOF

摘要

A platform for mass information exchange by building a content rich virtual community that enables information to be exchanged by matching information seekers with information sources within a chat oriented environment. More specifically, a user searching for specific information is matched with a person who can provide the information or with an automated information channel. The user inputs a query into the system wherein the query is parsed and compared to a database of profiles defining a person or automated information channel as a source of information. When a match is made between a query and a source, the query is transmitted to the identified source. The source then provides a response to the query to the user. The system allows users to reach realms of personal knowledge repositories never before available by accessing the knowledge contained in another's mind, not merely the knowledge physically placed on the Internet.