System and method for the adaptive, hierarchical receipt, ranking, organization and display of information based upon democratic criteria and resultant dynamic profiling

Abstract

A system and method for receiving, organizing and displaying information received from a plurality of users, having a hierarchical database with at least one expandable level, at least one of the at least one expandable levels having at least two expandable sublevels; an interactive interface for placing each user at a level and sublevel in the database, receiving. user-supplied information for modification and addition to the content and structure of the levels and sublevels of the database, receiving user-supplied commands for navigating through and extracting content from the database, presenting content from the database in accordance with the information and commands supplied; a counting routine which increments a level and sublevel specific counter each time a user is placed at a level and sublevel within the at least two expandable levels and sublevels; and a database sorting function for gathering the plurality of user-supplied information and commands virtually simultaneously, and updating the hierarchical structure of the database in accordance with the magnitude of the number of the specific counter. The database levels and sublevels are categories, subcategories and query items. The commands are search, add, select and interact. Additionally shown is a data base search engine for receiving database search commands from at least one user, searching the database for matches, and presenting the results of the search. The system dynamically profiles members of an on-line community in that it allows a member to see those who have answered query items in a subcategory and category in a manner suggestive of some desired similarity in character.

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