Patent ID: 8744901

Claim:
A method of management of information sharing, comprising: in a processor of an information management center, collecting provider information associated with one or more of a plurality of information providers, the provider information being associated with specifications of two or more criteria for sharing of the provider information, the criteria including payment required by a provider for sharing the provider information of that provider, the criteria further including a first payment amount required for sharing the provider information wherein the provider information includes information personally identifying the information provider, and a second payment amount, different from the first payment amount, required for sharing the provider information wherein the provider information does not include the information personally identifying the information provider; in a processor of the information management center, collecting information recipient data from one or more of a plurality of information recipients, the information recipient data including recipient needs of each recipient for provider information and payment that each recipient is willing to provide for provider information meeting those needs; in a processor of the information management center, periodically surveying the information recipient data and the provider information in the absence of a specific request from the recipients between periodic surveys to select provider information meeting specified recipient needs, selection of provider information including identifying provider information meeting recipient needs based on the criteria for sharing of the provider information, selection of provider information including identifying the payments required by providers that meet the payments that recipients are willing to provide; and delivering provider information to recipients based on identified recipient needs and provider information; wherein, when recipient needs include information from a plurality of providers and wherein information is available from more providers than required, selecting information from those providers from whom required payment is lowest until the recipient needs are satisfied.