System and method for enabling identification of network users having similar interests and facilitating communication between them
First Claim
1. A method for enabling identification of network users having similar interests, and facilitating communication between them, comprising:
- identifying a web page that a user is viewing;
determining the presence of other users at or near the web page that the user is viewing;
displaying for the user a listing of the other users determined to be at or near the web page that the user is viewing; and
enabling the user to communicate with one or more users selected from the displayed listing of other users.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided for enabling identification of network users having similar interests and for facilitating communication between them. An Internet-based (or “on-line”) application is provided that: 1) facilitates the identification of users having similar interests using web-browsing behavior; 2) determines the virtual distance between web sites; and 3) utilizes profiling techniques and user-supplied descriptive information to facilitate direct communication between users who need not have had prior contact, and without requiring the participation of the visited web sites.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for enabling identification of network users having similar interests, and facilitating communication between them, comprising:
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identifying a web page that a user is viewing;
determining the presence of other users at or near the web page that the user is viewing;
displaying for the user a listing of the other users determined to be at or near the web page that the user is viewing; and
enabling the user to communicate with one or more users selected from the displayed listing of other users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for enabling identification of network users having similar interests, and facilitating communication between them, comprising:
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means for identifying a web page that a user is viewing;
means for determining the presence of other users at or near the web page that the user is viewing;
means for displaying for the user a listing of the other users determined to be at or near the web page that the user is viewing; and
means for enabling the user to communicate with one or more users selected from the displayed listing of other users.
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19. A method for enabling identification of network users having similar interests, and facilitating communication between them, comprising:
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identifying a data object that a user is accessing;
determining a listing of other users that are currently accessing or that have recently accessed the data object;
displaying for the user the listing of the other users determined to be currently accessing or that have recently accessed the data object; and
enabling the user to communicate with one or more users selected from the displayed listing of other users.
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