Patent ID: 7478126

Claim:
A computerized method comprising: communicating persona information associated with a first user from a first peer device to a first set of one or more peer devices on a peer-to-peer network, wherein the peer network comprises the first peer device and the first set of one or more peer-to-peer devices; receiving persona information associated with a first set of one or more users corresponding to the first set of peer devices; communicating persona information associated with a second user from a second peer device to a second set of one or more peer devices on the peer-to-peer network, wherein the peer-to-peer network further includes the second peer device and the second set of one or more peer devices; receiving persona information associated with a second set of one or more users corresponding to the second set of peer devices; generating a first visualization map of the first peer device and the first set of one or more peer devices relative to a common interest identified in the persona information of the first user and the first set of one or more users, the first visualization map displaying the first peer device and the first set of one or more peer devices as a sub-community of the peer-to-peer network; generating a second visualization map of the second peer device and the second set of one or more peer devices relative to a common interest identified in the persona information of the second user and the second set of one or more users, the second visualization map displaying the second peer device and the second set of one or more peer devices as a sub-community of the peer network; and initiating a relationship between the first peer device and each of the peer devices in the first set of one or more peer devices that satisfy the common interest identified in the persona information of the first user and the first set of one or more users.