Patent ID: 7689488

Claim:
A method for interacting with members of a buyer simulacrum, the method comprising: receiving, at a computer device, a message comprising a request from a third party for qualifications of a simulacrum for conducting a transaction; presenting, to said third party, collective qualifications of the simulacrum based on individual qualifications of the simulacrum members, said simulacrum being a single entity representing said simulacrum members, said collective qualifications comprise an aggregate education level of the simulacrum members, a financial credit of the simulacrum, and a trustworthiness of simulacrum suitable for conducting said transaction; receiving, at said computer device, an inquiry about the simulacrum from a third party, said inquiry comprising a request for additional simulacrum qualifications; retrieving simulacrum information about the simulacrum from a centralized database; and sending an inquiry response to the third party, the inquiry response including at least some of the simulacrum information from the centralized database, wherein, a program using a processor unit executes one or more of said message receiving, presenting, inquiry receiving, retrieving and sending steps, said simulacrum being formed on-demand based on simulacrum information including members whose knowledge and whose financial credit and trust is specialized for conducting said transaction for said third party.