METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING ELECTRONIC ADVOCACY MESSAGES

摘要

A method of operating an advocacy network (2000) is provided. One or more users (2110, 2120) are selected based on information in a user database (2330) containing, for example, demographic or psychographic information about users (2110, 2120) as well as information identifying a representative (2400) associated with each user (2110, 2120) such as a home address. An advocacy message (2500) is sent to a user through a first communication network (2200), such as by sending an advocacy message associated with an e-mail message. The advocacy message (2500) may include a portion that lets the user generate an indication, such as by clicking on a portion of a computer screen. When an indication is received, a response message (2600) is sent to the representative (2400) associated with the user (2110, 2120). The response message (2600) includes information about the user (2110, 2120), such as the user's name and home address, and may be sent at a pre-determined time along with response messages (2600) from other users (2110, 2120).