Patent ID: 8479100

Claim:
A method of providing a user with a web supplement, comprising: providing, by a focal group server, access to a computing device to a focal group of the focal group server through a network connection, the focal group comprising at least one member having at least one association with the user, wherein the focal group comprises a restricted group of people who are associated based on activity or topic; providing, by the focal group server, access to the computing device to information associated with the at least one member having relevance to the focal group, wherein the information is ranked by a level of importance, wherein the rank by the level of importance of the information is based on at least one of a member rank on a relevant topic, a level of affinity between the user and each member, a level of expertise of each member, a level of performance of past information provided by each member, a level of proficiency of each member; adaptively updating the information associated with the at least one member having relevance to the focal group based on web activity of the user; and supplementing the user by providing information of the members of the focal group, comprising providing overlaying of the ranked information associated with the at least one member on a web application displayed on the computing device that is related to information of the web application, comprising manipulating the information of the web application based on the ranked information.