Method of assessing consumer preference tendencies based on an analysis of correlated communal information

A method of assessing preference tendencies, comprising:

• receiving first data that is associated with a first user;
• using a predetermined process, mapping the first data onto a data structure having stored therein other data associated with each one of a plurality of other users;
• correlating the first data with the other data to determine a group of other users selected from the plurality of other users, each user within the determined group of other users having first data associated therewith that matches the first data of the first user to within a predetermined threshold limit;
• correlating the first data of each user within the determined group of users so as to determine other matches within the group, the other matches relating to a portion of the first data that does not form a part of the first data of the first user, said portion of the first data other than relating to something personal to the first user;
• and,
• providing an indication of the other matches.

A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for performing a method of assessing consumer preference tendencies, the method comprising:

• storing first data for each one of a plurality of different users, first data for each user including data relating to at least one of a good, a service, a need, an ability, a responsibility, and an opinion that is associated with that user;
• correlating the first data of one user of the plurality of different users with the first data of other users of the plurality of different users to identify which of the other users have first data correlating with the one user's first data to within a predetermined threshold limit so as to define a group of correlated users;
• analyzing the first data of each user of the group of correlated users according to a known process, the known process for identifying a similarity in the first data, excluding similarities that match the one user's first data to within the predetermined threshold amount, the identified similarity in the first data indicative of one or more suggestions;
• and,
• providing an indication of at least the first data for presentation to the one user.

A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for performing a method of assessing consumer preference tendencies, the method comprising:

• receiving first data that is associated with a first user;
• using a predetermined process, mapping the first data onto a data structure having stored therein other data associated with each one of a plurality of other users;
• correlating the first data with the other data to determine a group of other users selected from the plurality of other users, each user within the determined group of other users having first data associated therewith that matches the first data of the first user to within a predetermined threshold limit;
• correlating the first data of each user within the determined group of users so as to determine other matches within the group, the other matches relating to a portion of the first data that does not form a part of the first data of the first user, said portion of the first data other than relating to something personal to the first user;
• and,
• providing an indication of the other matches.