Abstract: A method and apparatus to recognize an individual based on specific personal information and relate that individual to a unique identifier within a system. When communicating with the individual through email, voice or some other means, the system will match personal information to find the unique identifier. If no unique identifier is found, the system will dynamically create a unique identifier and save it with the personal information used for communication. Once established, the unique identifier will be used to maintain all data relationships between users and data in the system. Using the aforementioned capabilities, applications may interact with people not currently registered as users in the system. The invention allows anyone to become a user in the system while maintaining all data relationships.

Abstract: A scheduling system to schedule events with one to many people using invitations with optional dates, times and locations to determine the soonest or the best date and time along with location for the event. When scheduling meetings, it is often necessary to determine the soonest or best date, time and location to meet between multiple people using different calendar systems. The process is time consuming and requires two or more parties to coordinate the schedules of many people. With the scheduling system of this invention, invitations are sent with optional times. Invited participants are polled for the soonest or best date, time and location to conduct the event. Through a asynchronous polling mechanism, the soonest or best available time along with best location may be determined between people on different calendar systems.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for exchanging personal contact information with another person or group over a network. The personal information may include, but not limited to, work address, work phone, home address, home phone, cell phone numbers, email addresses, interests, hobbies, pictures or other pertinent information. Personal contact information is stored in a database and there is one to many contact profiles that a user can exchange. Using access to a network with, but not limited to, a computer, PDA, phone or other device, a person may request that one profile be sent to another party. The receiving party receives the profile in a location like a mailbox that they may attach some personal notes, set a follow up activity and then save the new contact in a database for future reference.