Social Network Query and Response System to Locate Subject Matter Expertise

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a first terminal T1, a query from a first user U1;
• transmitting a request from the first terminal T1 to a second user U2 at a second terminal T2, wherein the second user U2 is in the first user U1's contacts;
• presenting the first user U1's request to the second user U2 when, and only when, an application executed on the second terminal T2 determines that the first user U1's request satisfies the second user U2's profile, wherein if the first user U1's request fails to satisfy the second user U2's profile, the application:
• i. selects a third user U3 from the second user U2's contacts,
• ii. selects a fourth user U4 from the second user U2's contacts, and
• iii. presents the third user U3 and the fourth user U4 to the second user U2 for selection;
• receiving, at the second terminal T2, a selection from the second user U2;
• and
• transmitting, at the second terminal T2, the first user U1's request based on the second user U2's selection.