System and method for objectively managing complex familial interactions and responsibilities

A system for conducting a commercial activity using a full-time, public network which facilitates and manages complex familial interactions within the context of a community corresponding to a family, comprising:

• means for providing a database communicably coupled to a full-time, public network, wherein the database includes functionalities and is configured to make said functionalities accessible via the full-time, public network;
• means for recording in said database data defining the community and associating a manager with the community, wherein the manager is a user of the community;
• means for enabling the manager to invite others to join the community in order to become additional users of the community;
• means for enabling the manager to establish common approval items with regard to which two specific users must agree in order to make a decision;
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• means for enabling one or more users of the community to share information with one or more other users of the community.

A computer-readable signal capable of being propagated between computers which are communicably coupled to a full-time, public network and which contains a set of instructions for a general purpose computer having a user interface comprising a mouse and a screen display, the set of instructions comprising:

• an input routine operatively associated with said user interface for permitting a user to select an icon displayed on said screen display with said mouse, said icon associated with an applications program accessible to said computer;
• wherein execution of the applications program performs a method comprising the steps of:
• providing a database communicably coupled to the full-time, public network, wherein the database includes functionalities and is configured to make said functionalities accessible via the full-time, public network;
• recording in said database data defining the community and associating a manager with the community, wherein the manager is a user of the community;
• enabling the manager to invite others to join the community in order to become additional users of the community;
• enabling the manager to establish common approval items with regard to which two specific users must agree in order to make a decision;
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• enabling one or more users of the community to share information with one or more other users of the community;
• a run routine for executing said applications program selected by the user with said mouse;
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• a display routine responsive to said run routine for displaying on said screen display text or images generated by said applications program.