Patent ID: 7966369

Claim:
An apparatus for collecting and disseminating information over at least one computer network, comprising: at least one database for storing digital information associated with at least a first user and a second user; at least one gateway server configured to execute at least one external hosts module, at least one links module, and at least one manipulations module, said at least one external hosts module being configured to communicate said digital information with at least a first and a second server external to the apparatus, said first external server being configured to host a website of the first user and said second external server being configured to host a website of the second user; said at least one links module being configured to link at least a portion of said digital information associated with said second user to said website of said first user and to link at least a portion of said digital information associated with said first user to said website of said second user; said at least one manipulations module being configured to receive input from said first user and said second user for manipulating said digital information stored in said at least one database; said linked digital information associated with said first user is automatically updated on said website of said second user when that information is manipulated; and said linked digital information associated with said second user is automatically updated on said website of said first user when that information is manipulated; at least one profiles module wherein at least the second user places profile information on the at least one database; at least one contacts module wherein the first user creates a list of contacts from the profile information placed on the at least one database, the list of contacts at least including the profile information of the second user; at least one forms module wherein the first user creates at least one form to be completed by the contacts on the list of contacts; and at least one credentialing module that auto-populates digital information from said at least one database into the at least one form before communicating the at least one form to the contacts on the list of contacts; and at least one notifications module that automatically notifies at least said second user that the at least one form was created, automatically notifies said first user when said at least second user completes the at least one form, and automatically notifies at least said second user whether the at least one submitted form was properly completed.