Inventors:
Arthur WU - San Francisco CA, US
Justin Lin - San Francisco CA, US
Kenneth Miller - Albany CA, US
Mary McBride - San Francisco CA, US
Julie D'Agostino - San Francisco CA, US
Aaron Cohen - Sausalito CA, US
Derek Greenberg - Pleasanton CA, US
Steven Ketchpel - Foster City CA, US
Sarah Diego - Kensington CA, US
Todd Werth - San Francisco CA, US
International Classification:
G06Q 99/00, G06Q 30/00, G06Q 50/00, G06F 3/048, G06F 15/16
Abstract:
An ask/respond affinity group referral method and apparatus comprises a community of individuals having an implied social contract, where the individuals are affiliated with each other to provide assistance and help to each other. In such community, the individuals do not know each other, but are joined together to help each other around a common interest. In such community, any individual may ask everybody else a question and the others can each respond. The community is specifically directed to mothers in every phase of their relationship, i.e. grandmothers, single mothers, mothers with husbands in Iraq, mothers with children, mothers without children, et cetera and is, therefore, directed to all kinds of phases and special needs of mothers. An interactive timeline tool serves to record information about their children, to anticipate future child development needs, and to collaborate with other members of the ask/respond affinity group having similar parenting experiences.