Method and system for determining personal characteristics of an individaul or group and using same to provide personalized advice or services
First Claim
1. A method for determining certain personal characteristics and preferences of an individual, comprising the steps of:
- subjecting the individual to one or more personality tests and recording the results in a database;
subjecting the individual to one or more application specific tests and recording the results in said database;
subjecting the individual to one or more situational action response tests and recording the results in said database;
scoring the results of said tests and classifying the test results based upon a predetermined set of rules and storing the classified results in said database; and
comparing said classified results to a predetermined set of references to develop a set of data representing preferences and other characteristics of the individual.
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Abstract
Method and system for determining personal characteristics of an individual or group and using same to provide personalized advice or services. The system dynamically incorporates several personality dimensions, life style, quality of life, cultural context, demographics, and psychographics, as requested by the test administrator or individual user, and controls and standardizes the testing protocol, and retains test data in such a way that individuals and non-professional users can reliably self administer the tests, save their test results in a system database, and use the results to obtain personality-based advice, content, and people-matching services from a system proprietor.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for determining certain personal characteristics and preferences of an individual, comprising the steps of:
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subjecting the individual to one or more personality tests and recording the results in a database;
subjecting the individual to one or more application specific tests and recording the results in said database;
subjecting the individual to one or more situational action response tests and recording the results in said database;
scoring the results of said tests and classifying the test results based upon a predetermined set of rules and storing the classified results in said database; and
comparing said classified results to a predetermined set of references to develop a set of data representing preferences and other characteristics of the individual. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for enabling the online determination of certain personal characteristics and preferences of an individual, comprising:
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means for subjecting the individual to one or more personality tests and recording the results in a database;
means for subjecting the individual to one or more application specific tests and recording the results in said database;
means for subjecting the individual to one or more situational action response tests and recording the results in said database;
means for scoring the results of said tests and classifying the test results based upon a predetermined set of rules and storing the classified results in said database; and
means for comparing said classified results to a predetermined set of references to develop a set of data representing preferences and other characteristics of the individual. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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