Patent ID: 8643648

Claim:
A method for context-linked identification and importation of user information from a database containing user information into an interactive environment implemented on a computer and accessible to other users via a network, the method comprising: providing the interactive environment on the computer that allows posting of content by a plurality of pre-identified users; receiving first content on the computer for the interactive environment from a first pre-identified user; automatically identifying and selecting on the computer relevant data about the first pre-identified user from a database based on the first content posted by the first pre-identified user, the relevant data selected from data previously-submitted by the first pre-identified user based on information contained in the first content posted by the first pre-identified user by: identifying one or more relevant terms for the first content by (i) performing natural language processing on the first content, (ii) parsing one or more tags applied to the first content, or (iii) forming an inference based on the first content; and selecting relevant data from the database based on the one or more relevant terms; and displaying via the computer the relevant data to other users along with the first content on the interactive environment.