Patent ID: 7720855

Claim:
A method for affecting personal behavior using a computer implemented social network, comprising: (a) having said computer implemented social network of a plurality of registered users to said social network and a plurality of viewers, wherein said viewers are not registered users to said social network; (b) providing a user profile function allowing each of said plurality of registered users themselves to create a user profile by: (i) entering a plurality of attributes associated with the same of said plurality of registered users; (ii) defining at least one behavioral icon, wherein each of said at least one behavioral icon represents at least one behavioral action; and (iii) defining at least one psychological icon, wherein each of said at least one psychological icon represents at least one psychological state; (c) providing an updating function allowing each of said plurality of registered users themselves to update: (j) said at least one behavioral action; (jj) said at least one psychological state; or (jjj) said at least one behavioral action and said at least one psychological state (d) maintaining a list of one or more friends linked with one of said plurality of registered users, wherein said one or more friends are allowed to view said user profile of said linked registered users, wherein said one or more friends comprise: (k) at least one of said plurality of registered users; (kk) at least one of said plurality of not registered viewers; or (kkk) said (k) and said (kk); and (e) providing a motivating function that allows said one or more friends of one of said plurality of registered users to motivate the same of said plurality of registered users, wherein motivating is accomplished by sending a communication to the same of said plurality of registered users, wherein said communication is a poke, a message, or a poke and a message.