Patent ID: 7469382

Claim:
A computer network for managing an intentional community comprising: an intentional community comprised of residential property managed by a common management entity, having a plurality of members who are residents that have rights to use facilities consisting of the services managed by the management entity and of physical property controlled by the management entity, a computer terminal acting as a node in a computer network operated by the management as a server, one or more computer terminals operated by individual members comprising additional nodes on the network, the computer network includes one or more graphical user interface pages that are representative of the facilities of the intentional community, wherein communications concerning the facilities are conducted between the management of the intentional community and a member of the intentional community over the network graphical user interface, and further including a data collection tool to collect demographic and facilities usage data provided by members to the management for use by management in managing the intentional community, and data from the data collection tool is used by a third party to target advertising to a member based on that member's facilities usage and demographic data.