Abstract: A system for communicating and exchanging information between two or more parties, and method to accomplish same. The system and method includes a controlling third party. The system includes the use of a global computer network to which said parties are connected and a server. One of the parties can be a coordinator with control over software run by the server that controls and limits the nature and frequency of the communication and exchange of information between or among the parties. Parties can “connect” to the system via any one or more of the following: cell phones, telephones, computers, personal digital assistants, iPhones, audio devices such as mp3 players and/or iPods, etc.

Abstract: A development environment and method is provided in which a first computer system is used to develop an application for execution in a second computer system--such as a pen-based computer--having a graphical user interface. The first computer system also has a graphical user interface that can display (1) a palette containing lists and/or buttons of "components" representing graphical interface elements such as slide bars, dialog boxes, buttons, check boxes, icons, menus, etc., (2) a layout window corresponding a display screen of the second computer and containing "views" of selected palette components and (3) a browser allowing the views to be edited graphically. To develop an application, the user creates views on the layout window by (1) selecting a component from the palette and (2) drawing a border for the view in the layout window. Each view so created represents a "template" which is a frame object having a plurality of "slots" which may be edited in a slot editor area of the browser.