Patent ID: 8909612
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for user advancing a trust stage with a project human contact, comprising: accessing as part of one or more of the following steps, using one or more computers, one or more electronic databases comprising information on a plurality of respective human contacts, with the information for a respective one of the human contacts comprising data on one or more selected from the group of employment information, the respective human contact's own respective contacts, one or more organizations to which the respective human contact is a member, a location attribute, a skill attribute, a respective trust stage of the respective human contact associated with a respective person, a date when the respective trust stage was reached with the respective person; receiving, using the one or more computers, a project with project information comprising one or more parameters; receiving and/or determining, using the one or more computers, the project human contact to associate with the project; receiving and/or generating, using the one or more computers, identification of a trust stage for the project human contact, wherein there are a plurality of trust stages reflecting increasing levels of trust between the user and the project human contact; determining, using the one or more computers, for the user a set of next steps for advancing the trust stage in the one or more electronic databases, for the project human contact associated with the project, from a current trust stage to a next higher trust stage; receiving, using the one or more computers, data indicating that one or more of the next steps has been performed; determining, using the one or more computers, if a predetermined one or more of the next steps have been performed; if the predetermined one or more of the next steps has been performed, then using the one or more computers, to advance the trust stage for the project human contact with respect to the user in the one or more electronic databases to the next higher trust stage or suggest to the user to advance the current trust stage to the next new higher trust stage; determining, using the one or more computers, for the user a set of next steps for advancing the trust stage in the one or more electronic databases, for the project human contact associated with the project, from the next higher trust stage to an even higher trust stage; and sending or having sent, using the one or more computers and one or more networks, an electronic communication to the user about one or more next steps that are remaining to be performed with respect to the project human contact, when a predetermined time period has elapsed and/or based on one or more parameters.