System and method for personal referrals
First Claim
1. A method for automatically supporting a personal referral, comprising:
- receiving information about a relationship between a target and at least one referring user;
receiving a request for a referral to said target by a seeking user;
matching said request to said information about said relationship between said target and said at least one referring user;
if a match is found, notifying at least said seeking user.
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Abstract
A system and method for automatically supporting personal referrals, between an individual seeking the referral (hereinafter, the seeking individual) and the individual who is able to perform the referral (hereinafter, the referring individual). The objective of such a personal referral is to enable the seeking individual to receive assistance from the referring individual in contacting a target individual, for example in order to have an initial meeting between the seeking individual and the contact individual. For example, the contact individual could optionally be an executive at a company with which the seeking individual wishes to have a business relationship.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for automatically supporting a personal referral, comprising:
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receiving information about a relationship between a target and at least one referring user;
receiving a request for a referral to said target by a seeking user;
matching said request to said information about said relationship between said target and said at least one referring user;
if a match is found, notifying at least said seeking user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for automatically performing a personal referral to a target, comprising:
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searching for a referring user by a seeking user;
communicating between said seeking user and said referring user;
if successful, forming an agreement between said seeking user and said referring user; and
executing the personal referral according to said agreement. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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