System and method for common interest analysis among multiple users

• US 20060036575A1
• Filed: 10/04/2005
• Published: 02/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Annie Wang, Clement Lau, Klaus Hofrichter, Ravi Gauba, Richter A. Rafey
• Original Assignee: Annie Wang, Clement Lau, Klaus Hofrichter, Ravi Gauba, Richter A. Rafey
• Inventors: Rafey, Richter A., Hofrichter, Klaus, Lau, Clement, Wang, Annie, Gauba, Ravi
• Granted Patent: US 8,051,078 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A method and apparatus for updating user profiles of interest by identifying sets of user profiles according to common interests and notifying other user profiles of a set when one common interest profile has an update to the common interest.

Claims

1. A method for updating user profiles of a plurality of user profiles, each set identified according to at least one common interest among user profiles of a set;

and

notifying other user profiles of a set when one common interest profile has an update to the common interest.

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