the content of a posted electronic form matches a predefined criteria an interface allows the user to create a criterion template to specify the match criterion without requiring the user to have the skills of a professional programmer the person to be notified and the form and content of the notification can also be defined by the user and can be dependent on the content of the posted form in one application individuals associated with an institution of higher learning are automatically notified when a student submits an electronic profile form showing that the student meets a pre specified criteria application_number US 201113214726 A description the present invention provides for the automatic electronic transmission of information typically by electronic mail in response to the content of electronic forms meeting a pre specified criterion fig1 is a flow chart showing the steps of a preferred embodiment of the present invention fig2 shows some of the hardware and software used in those steps in step 22 a first individual uses a first computer 24 such as an ibm compatible or a macintosh personal computer to request over a computer network 26 such as the internet a criterion template generation interface from an information.