Personal journal
DCFirst Claim
1. A personal journal system for tracking personal contacts made by a first user of a personals system comprising:
- (a) means for identifying other users of the personals system;
(b) means for generating journal entries corresponding to other users of the personals system;
(c) means for storing each journal entry generated;
(d) means for displaying the journal entries to the first user;
(e) means for sending anonymous electronic mail messages to at least some of the other users of the system; and
(f) means for requiring and receiving payment of a fee by the first user prior to sending the electronic mail messages.
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Abstract
eThe personal journal system of the invention tracks personal contacts made by a first user of a personals system with other users of the system. The system may be implemented on a local computer network which may be accessed by remote users through a larger network such as the Internet. The system provides the first user with means for identifying other users of the system, means for generating journal entries corresponding to the other users, means for storing the journal entries and means for displaying the journal entries. The system may also provide searching matching functions for identifying other users, and electronic mail messaging.
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14 Claims
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1. A personal journal system for tracking personal contacts made by a first user of a personals system comprising:
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(a) means for identifying other users of the personals system; (b) means for generating journal entries corresponding to other users of the personals system; (c) means for storing each journal entry generated; (d) means for displaying the journal entries to the first user; (e) means for sending anonymous electronic mail messages to at least some of the other users of the system; and (f) means for requiring and receiving payment of a fee by the first user prior to sending the electronic mail messages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer useable medium having computer readable program code to provide a personals system accessible by users over a computer network; a computer useable medium having computer readable program code to identify, for a first user of the personals system, other users of the personals system; a computer useable medium having computer readable program code to generate journal entries corresponding to the other users of the personals system; a computer useable medium having computer readable program code to store each journal entry generated in a database table; a computer useable medium having computer readable program code to display the journal entries to the first user over a computer networks a computer useable medium having computer readable program code to send anonymous electronic mail messages; and a computer useable medium having computer readable program code to require and receive payment of a fee by the first user prior to sending the electronic mail messages. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. The computer program product of claim wherein the computer readable program code to require and receive payment further includes computer readable program code for allowing users to prepay for a response to an electronic mail message being sent.
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