Abstract: The present application is directed to methods and systems for tapping online resources to design a clinical trial and/or recruit participants for the clinical trial. In one embodiment, a system for using online resources to design a clinical trial and/or recruit participants includes one or more web crawlers. Each of the web crawler may be configured to collect data related to one or more specified topics during a community identification phase. A data engine of the system processes the collected data into filtered, relevant information that identifies communities of individuals suitable for recruitment. A patient discovery module may, in a patient discovery phase, develop or use a survey to further target interested patients for recruitment and collect information for designing a suitable study or trial. The system may, in an assessment and communication phase, design a study which may be self-managed by the recruited patients.

Abstract: The present solution provides intelligent and effective systems and methods for meeting new people online for the purpose of social and business networking through the use of a video-based online usage platform. In various embodiments, the methods comprise intelligent and cost-effective processes for conducting interviews of clients, e.g., filming and producing of video clips demonstrating their personality, character traits, communications skill and other skills. In certain embodiments, the inventive systems provide for intelligent and cost effective production of video clips of a client being interviewed through a real-time automated video-production method. The online video networking system also provides an intelligent usage platform allowing the broadcasting of client-interview video clips and user-generated content online. Lastly, the video networking system comprises an intelligent usage platform providing for searching and browsing of online client-interview video clips and user-generated content.