Abstract: A method of assuring integrity of a personal information in a data base containing personal information provided by multiple users uses in various embodiments physiological identifiers associated with each of the users. Related systems are also provided.

Abstract: Techniques for evaluating the closeness of fit between various parties and counterparties utilizing bilateral and multilateral decision-making are disclosed. For each party, questions intended to reveal the preferences of the party are presented to the party and/or a co-evaluator for the party, and a preference profile is derived for the party based upon the responses to the questions. For each counterparty, questions intended to reveal the preferences of the counterparty are presented to the counterparty and/or a co-evaluator for the counterparty, and a preference profile is derived for the counterparty. The preference profiles of the parties and counterparties are analyzed to determine, for each potential pairing of party and counterparty, those providing a relatively close fit.

Abstract: Access to verified personal background data is provided in the form of an electronic document that includes a data record having personal background data and corresponding verification information as well as an electronic authentication of the contents of the data record. The data record is associated with a unique identifier. The electronic document may be distributed over a communication network to a person providing the identifier.

Abstract: A method of structuring a database provides access to a candidate's personal background data (which may be presented in a résumé), wherein the data have been authenticated, includes, in one embodiment, (a) establishing a data record, relating to the candidate's personal background data, in a digital storage medium, the data record having a unique identifier and including a set of verifiable components and a corresponding set of query results; (b) communicating the unique identifier to the candidate; and (c) permitting access to the data record by a person providing the identifier, so that the candidate has the power to grant third party access to the data record by communicating the identifier to the third party. Embodiments are operative over a network such as the Internet and include systems.

Abstract: A method of providing a news release to a user is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises: providing access to the user, over a network, to data stored in a computer-readable digital storage medium; and structuring the data provided to the user over the network so that the user experiences a news release having a plurality of sections, the sections including a headline, a summary, key points, and a network address.

Abstract: A mechanism for the structured generation of a news release includes in one embodiment, (a) separately specifying the content of each of a plurality of predetermined sections of the news release; (b) storing, in a digital storage medium, the content specified for each of the sections; (c) assembling the news release by retrieving from the storage medium each of the stored sections; and (d) providing, to a source of the news release, feedback information that is responsive to the news release. Embodiments are operative over a network such as the Internet. Related embodiments also include a system and an E-Mail message conveying a structured news release.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a computerized method of recommending industries for a job seeker's job search comprises: in a first digital computer process, receiving input from a user, over a communications network, related to the job seeker's present job function and industry; in a second digital computer process, using the job function input to access an industry correlation data structure, stored on a digital storage medium, that correlates, for the job function, a first industry with a set of second industries with respect to which a job function capability of the job function is potentially transferable; in a third digital computer process, determining a set of recommended industries for the job seeker's job search by consulting the industry correlation data structure using the industry input; and in a fourth digital computer process, communicating an identification of the set of recommended industries to the user over the communications network.

Abstract: A mechanism for the structured generation of a news release includes in one embodiment, (a) separately specifying the content of each of a plurality of predetermined sections of the news release; (b) storing, in a digital storage medium, the content specified for each of the sections; and (c) assembly of the news release by retrieving from the storage medium each of the stored sections. Embodiments are operative over a network such as the Internet. Relating embodiments also include a system and an E-Mail message conveying a structured news release.

Abstract: A mechanism for the structured generation of a news release includes in one embodiment, (a) separately specifying the content of each of a plurality of predetermined sections of the news release; (b) storing, in a digital storage medium, the content specified for each of the sections; (c) assembling the news release by retrieving from the storage medium each of the stored sections; and (d) providing, to a source of the news release, feedback information that is responsive to the news release. Embodiments are operative over a network such as the Internet. Related embodiments also include a system and an E-Mail message conveying a structured news release.

Abstract: A mechanism for the structured generation of a news release includes in one embodiment, (a) separately specifying the content of each of a plurality of predetermined sections of the news release; (b) storing, in a digital storage medium, the content specified for each of the sections; (c) assembling the news release by retrieving from the storage medium each of the stored sections; and (d) providing, to a source of the news release, feedback information that is responsive to the news release. Embodiments are operative over a network such as the Internet. Relating embodiments also include a system and an E-Mail message conveying a structured news release.