Method and apparatus for facilitating communication to government/corporate officials via the internet

摘要

A method and apparatus for facilitating communication to a government official or corporate executive in which a citizen's complaint/concern is incorporated into an e-mail and sent via the Internet is presented. A web server, such as Peoplepower.com, acts as an intermediary to whom the citizen can turn to voice his or her complaints. Upon a citizen logging-in to the web server, the web server prompts the citizen in dialog form to make a determination of what topic/area the citizen's complaint/concern covers, generates at least one letter/memorandum which covers the complaint/concern topic/area, and provides a list of potential recipients for the letter/memorandum. The web server allows the citizen to edit the letter/memorandum, to choose to which recipient(s) the letter/memorandum is to be sent, and generates and sends the corresponding e-mails. An aggregate number of corresponding complaints/concerns received by the web server from other citizens can be added to the e-mail, thereby showing the government official/corporate executive the level of interest in the topic/area by the citizenry and adding to the complaint/concern the strength of numbers.