A system for providing web pages accessed from a web site in a manner which presents the web pages tailored to an individual user, comprising: an interactive interface configured to provide dynamic web site navigation data to the user, the interactive interface comprising: a display depicting portions of the web site visited by the user as a function of the web site navigation data; and a display depicting portions of the web site visited by the user as a function of the user's personal characteristics. view more

The system of claim 1, wherein the display depicting portions of the web site visited by the user includes a map depicting a route of web pages visited by the user.

The system of claim 1, wherein the display depicting portions of the web site visited by the user includes a map of web pages visited by the user, presented in a tree and branch diagram in combination with at least a portion of the entire web site accessible by the user. view more

The system of claim 1, wherein the display depicting portions of the web site visited by the user includes an indication of web pages visited by the user, presented as a picture-in-picture window within the display in combination with at least a portion of the entire web site accessible by the user. view more

The system of claim 1, wherein the interactive interface: includes a data file generated from user activity based on user data transmitted in response in part to user selections of a plurality of user-selectable fields, each field describing a personal characteristic of the user; and is configured to automatically transmit data corresponding to the user selections upon initially accessing the web pages, wherein an analysis of the user selections provides a selection of a plurality of discrete web pages specifically tailored to the user; and the display depicting portions of the web site visited by the user includes data derived from at least one of the user data and user activity based on the user data. view more

A method comprising: receiving data which defines a plurality of user profile attributes in each of a plurality of user profiles; storing the plurality of user profiles, each user profile comprising data descriptive of a user; in response to a request from an information provider, transferring data from a specified user profile to the information provider; and providing dynamic web site navigation data via an interactive interface, the interactive interface comprising: a display depicting portions of a web site visited by the user as a function of web site navigation data; and a display depicting portions of a web site visited by the user as a function of the plurality of fields having data descriptive of a user. view more

The method of claim 16, further comprising: transferring the stored plurality of user profiles to an information provider when a web page is accessed.

The method of claim 16, wherein the plurality of user profiles include at least one of a business profile, a personal profile, and a family profile.

The method of claim 16, wherein the profile attributes include at least one of gender, race, income, and education.

A method comprising: receiving data from a user profile associated with a user; in response to a request associated with the user, sending a data stream that is selected based at least in part on the received data from the user profile; and displaying the data stream via an interactive interface, the interactive interface comprising: a display depicting portions of a web site visited by the user as a function of web site navigation data; and a display depicting portions of a web site visited by the user based at least in part on the received data from the user profile. view more

The method of claim 21, further comprising: selectively offering a coupon to the user associated with the request, wherein the coupon is based at least in part on the received data from the user profile.

A method comprising: storing, in a database, a profile keyed to a user identity and containing one or more user-selected categories to track transactions associated with said user identity, wherein individual user-selected categories include a user pre-set limit; and causing communication, over a communication medium and to a receiving device, of transaction summary data in the database for at least one of the one or more user-selected categories, said transaction summary data containing said at least one user-selected category's user pre-set limit. view more

The method of claim 5, wherein the individual user-selected categories further include one or more purchasable items.

The method of claim 6 further comprising assigning individual purchasable items to one or both of: a natural category or a user-specified category.

The method of claim 5, wherein said at least one user-selected category is associated with one or more user-selected sub-user identities, and wherein said transaction summary data includes one or more sub-user transactions associated with at least one of the user-selected sub-user identities. view more

The method of claim 5, wherein the communication medium comprises, at least in part, a network communication medium.

The method of claim 5, wherein the communication medium comprises, at least in part, a wireless communication medium.

The method of claim 5, wherein the communication medium comprises, at least in part, a cellular communication medium.