Abstract: A method and system for implementing user purchasing while remaining anonymous. The method includes receiving information from a potential user by an onboarding system including one or more wants, needs, and desires for attaching the user to one or more communities with similar wants, needs, and desires, receiving one or more search terms from the user related to a good or service the user wishes to purchase, performing a search based upon the received search terms and the one or more communities to which the user is attached, and displaying the response to the search to the user. The method then further includes confirming a user preference to the presented response by a preference receiving system, and dynamically updating the communities to which the user is attached, and updating the wants, needs, and desires of the communities to which the user is attached in response to the user preference.

Abstract: A system and method are provided implementing user searching. The method includes receiving information from a potential user by an onboarding system including one or more attributes for attaching the user to one or more communities with similar attributes, and receiving one or more search terms from the user by a search system. A processor then performs a search based upon the received search terms and the one or more communities to which the user is attached, and a response to the search is displayed to the user on a display. A user preference to the presented response is confirmed by a preference system, and one or more communities to which the user is attached are dynamically updated, along with updating the attributes of the communities to which the user is attached in response to the user preference.

Abstract: A system and method are provided implementing user searching. The method includes receiving information from a potential user by an onboarding system including one or more attributes for attaching the user to one or more communities with similar attributes, and receiving one or more search terms from the user by a search system. A processor then performs a search based upon the received search terms and the one or more communities to which the user is attached, and a response to the search is displayed to the user on a display. A user preference to the presented response is confirmed by a preference system, and one or more communities to which the user is attached are dynamically updated, along with updating the attributes of the communities to which the user is attached in response to the user preference.

Abstract: A combined force- and temperature-sensing array includes an array of drive plates, an array of sense plates corresponding the drive plates, and a layer of dielectric material separating the drive and sense plates. A diode with a forward junction voltage is connected between at least one of the drive plates and at least one of the sense plates. A multiplexer is operative to select between an electrical pulse or an electrical current for delivery to the at least one drive plate. Circuitry is provided for sensing an applied force resulting from a change in capacitance between the at least one drive plate and the at least one sense plate when the electrical pulse is delivered, and for sensing a temperature resulting from a change in the forward junction voltage of the diode when the current is delivered. The sensor array may be provided as a shoe insert for diabetics with neuropathy.

Abstract: A combined force- and temperature-sensing array includes an array of drive plates, an array of sense plates corresponding the drive plates, and a layer of dielectric material separating the drive and sense plates. A diode with a forward junction voltage is connected between at least one of the drive plates and at least one of the sense plates. A multiplexer is operative to select between an electrical pulse or an electrical current for delivery to the at least one drive plate. Circuitry is provided for sensing an applied force resulting from a change in capacitance between the at least one drive plate and the at least one sense plate when the electrical pulse is delivered, and for sensing a temperature resulting from a change in the forward junction voltage of the diode when the current is delivered. The sensor array may be provided as a shoe insert for diabetics with neuropathy.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program for accumulating information relating to product demand and consumption for each of a plurality of end users by a buying group representing a single purchase in bulk to disintermediate the supply chain, accumulating the received product demand into a predictive demand schedule by an expert service provider, and transmitting the accumulated predictive product demand schedule to a manufacturer/original source of the product by the expert service provider. Product availability information based upon the accumulated predictive product demand is received from the manufacturer/original source of the product, and is provided to the plurality of end users. One or more product orders are received, the product is ordered from the manufacturer/original source of the product, all aspects of the supply chain being managed by the expert service provider, and the product is shipped to one or more of the plurality of end users.

Abstract: A method, computer program and single enterprise resource planning (ERP) system for procuring a product or service. The single ERP system includes an input for receiving information relating to product demand for a plurality of end users via a cooperative buying group, a predictive engine for accumulating the received product demand into a single demand schedule and an output for transmitting the single demand schedule to a manufacturer/original source of the product. An optimization engine is provided for receiving product availability information from the manufacturer/original source of the product by the cooperative buying group, and for determining one or more options for ordering the products. A procurement system is also included for providing the product availability information to the one or more options for ordering the products, for receiving one or more product orders, for ordering product from the manufacturer/original source of the product, and for managing shipping the product.