Patent ID: 7797256

Claim:
A system for dynamically generating a segmented community flyer comprising: a server configured with a social network database, the database storing: a plurality of social network database records representing one or more segmented communities, each segmented community defined within a social networking system, and information for tracking affiliations of a plurality of users of the social networking system with one or more of the segmented communities; and a segmented community flyer settings engine coupled to the web-based social network database, the segmented community flyer settings engine comprising: a flyer settings selection component configured to receive one or more flyer settings selections for a segmented community flyer and payment for a limited distribution of the segmented community flyer from a member of a selected segmented community, a flyer generator component configured to generate a segmented community flyer for the segmented community based on the one or more flyer settings selections, and a flyer display component configured to display a plurality of the generated flyers to other members of the selected segmented community in accordance with the received flyer settings selections until the limited distribution has been reached.