Patent ID: 8572198

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of presenting advertisements related to a current activity or status of a user, the method comprising: a. receiving at a server computer, from a first user's Internet-capable device, information indicating a current activity or status of the first user; b. transmitting for display, on the first user's Internet-capable device, information indicating a most recently updated status received from at least one second user; and c. transmitting, for display on the first user's Internet-capable device, at least one commercial offering; d. wherein the at least one second user is selected by the server computer based, at least in part, on data stored in a database identifying one or more persons who are associated with the first user; e. wherein the stored data identifying persons associated with the first user is indicative of an agreed-upon connection between the first user and each of said one or more persons; and f. wherein the at least one commercial offering is selected by the server computer based, at least in part, on the information indicating the current activity or status received from the first user's Internet-capable device or on the status information received from the at least one second user.