Method and apparatus for improved referral to resources and a related social network

A method for providing a social introduction comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a system for tracking a payload sent among users;
• b) sending said payload from a first user to at least a second user, whereby recipients of the payload comprise at least the second user and not a third user;
• c) creating a record in said system corresponding to each recipient of the payload resulting from step b)
• d) sending said payload from at least one of the recipients to at least one additional recipient;
• e) creating an additional record in said system corresponding to each additional recipient to whom the payload is sent in step d)
• f) repeating steps d) and e) at least until the recipients comprise the third user;
• and,
• g) introducing the first and third users by said system on the basis of the records tracking the payload from the first user to the third user.

A method for providing a social introduction comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a system for tracking payloads sent among users;
• b) sending a first payload from a first user to a third user through at least a second user;
• c) creating a first set of records in said system corresponding to each transfer of said first payload from the first user to the third user;
• d) sending a second payload from the third user to the first user through at least one selected from the second user and a fourth user;
• e) creating a second set of records in said system corresponding to each transfer of said second payload from the third user to the first user;
• f) introducing said first and third users on the basis of the first and second set of records.

A system for providing a social introduction comprising:

• a server having communication with a plurality of users;
• a database having a connection to said server;
• said server having software configured to create a record in said database corresponding to each sending of a payload among at least two of the users,
• said software further able to make an introduction of a first one of the users to a second one of the users when the database has at least two records corresponding to the payload having been sent by the first user and forwarded until received by the second user.

A method for electronic messaging comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a system for tracking relationships between users;
• b) forming a group, said system further tracking said group, said group comprising at least a first user;
• c) joining adding an additional user to the group, said additional user having a relationship tracked by the system to at least one user already in the group;
• d) addressing a payload to the group;
• and,
• e) delivering the payload to each user in the group.