Patent ID: 7499911

Claim:
A readable-by-computer storage medium having a program stored therein for making a computer execute steps of: receiving a query having a designated theme from a first computer connected to a network, the theme being a user's evaluation about a commercial article, the query containing personal characteristic information of a query originator user related to a purchase of the commercial article, the query also containing transfer control information for controlling transferability of the query; searching for information coincident with the query, the information, inputted by a respondent user, including an evaluation about a commercial article, the evaluation being associated with the respondent user having associated personal characteristics; referring to the personal characteristics of a respondent user, judging whether the respondent user is coincident with the query originator user based upon a comparison of the personal characteristic information of the query originator user and the personal characteristics of the respondent user, wherein said computer is made to execute the judging step without online assistance and without feedback information not induced by an active intention of the query originator user; updating the transfer control information under a predetermined condition; judging based on the transfer control information whether the transfer of query can be permitted or not; transferring, when the transfer is permitted, the query to one or more second computers; and sending the information coincident with the query to a predetermined response destination, the information excluding an evaluation of a respondent user who is judged not coincident with the query originator user when comparing the personal characteristics, whereby said computer manages the information in distribution.