Social network information system and method

Abstract

The present invention is embodied in methods and system for obtaining information about a category of interest from a computer network, the computer network including a plurality of user networks with each user network including a plurality of users. The method includes receiving an information request from a user, the information request specifying a category, identifying a first set of one or more users within a user network of the user, identifying a second set of one or more users within a user network of one or more users of the first set, and retrieving information associated with the one or more trusted information resource contacts of the identified second set from the electronic database corresponding to the information request, and providing the retrieved information to the user.

1 . A computer-implemented system for generating a plurality of verified subject matter contacts, comprising:
 a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer executable instructions for providing a graphical user interface for receiving user input associated with at least one category;   at least one network port for remotely accessing via a network at least one server wherein at least one TIRC-associated code is resident; and   at least one rules engine communicatively connected to said at least one network port, and comprising a plurality of rules to generate at least one recommendations rating associated with the at least one TIRC correspondent to the user input;   wherein a user may be associated with one of the at least one TIRC based upon the user input.