Patent ID: 8595147

Claim:
A method, comprising: connecting together in a communication network, domain, through operation of a computer accessing said domain, no more than a plurality of recipients of a product or service, by: providing, from a provider of said product or service, said provider being communicatively linked to said domain, each of said recipients with notice about, and access to, said domain while also providing said each recipient with a questionnaire; receiving, from at least a portion of said plurality of said recipients, responses to questions in said questionnaire from which common answers to said questions can be determined; receiving, by operation of said computer, an inquiry about joining a community of interest (COI) based on certain of said common answers, said inquiry received from one recipient in said portion who joins said COI if said COI exists; determining, by operation of said computer, existence of said COI with which certain recipients in said portion are associated; and if said COI exists, sending, by said operation of said computer, a generated status message to only said certain recipients in said portion as confirmation that said one recipient has joined said COI.