Electronic data transmission via telecommunication networks; electronic data transmission of synthetic data via the Internet; providing access to databases and providing multiple user access to proprietary collections of information by means of global computer information networks; electronic data interchange (EDI) services; providing an online interactive bulletin board; providing online forums; providing on-line access to data, namely, providing access to telecommunication networks; providing access to on-line databases; electronic, electric, and digital transmission of voice, data, images, signals, and messages streamed over a global computer network; data communication, namely, electronic transmission of data and documents among users of computers; data communication brokerage, namely, signal transmission for electronic commerce via telecommunication systems and data communication systems; transmission and distribution of synthetic data via a global computer network; providing private and secure real-time electronic communication over a computer network