| 摘要 |
<p>A method and apparatus enables the building of, and participation in, virtual communities (Fig. 1). Data regarding members of the virtual community is collected and stored in a data repository. Predetermined criteria (criteria) is received as input, for identifying selected members of the virtual community. These members are identified based on the predetermined criteria and information associated with the identified members is retrieved from the data repository. Online communications are enabled for communicating with the selected individuals.</p> |
