Patent ID: 7376700

Claim:
A method by which a company provides interactive, ongoing coaching to a plurality of clients using non-e-mail-based Internet communication as well as e-mail based communications, said method comprising: a) providing multiple coaches who have access to a common web platform; b) at some stage in said method prior to step d), assigning a personal coach from said multiple coaches to each said client; c) receiving from the client information particular to an ongoing personal, health-related concern of the client; d) having the coach and client meet in real-time, scheduled coaching sessions; e) having the coach and client agree, in real-time, on the client's life habits to change, and agree on the client's personal goals; f) having the coach transmit to the client, via the Internet, information pertaining to e); g) having the client transmit to the coach, via the Internet, particularized information pertaining to e), wherein the information includes reportage of events occurring in the life of the client subsequent to e); h) based on the information received by the coach in step g), having the coach and client work together, in real-time, to help the client take steps toward reaching the client's personal goals; i) having the client and coach transmit to each other information, via the Internet, pertaining to h); j) having the client and coach access an Internet file that contains information pertaining to any of c)-i) and that are personal to the client and not accessible by other clients; and k) repeating steps h) and i).