Subject-oriented communication through the internet

摘要

A system and method for providing real-time, subject oriented communication between two or More users Specifically, the present invention enables two or more users sharing an interest in the same subject area to become aware of each other, and therefore to communicate with each other in real time as a result. Such communication is initiated when each user interacts with a client to provide a string of characters to a central server, which then compares these strings of characters according to a comparison process. If the strings of characters are comparable according to this process, then the central server notifies each client thereby enabling the two clients to communicate.