System and Method for Facilitating Transfer of Experience Data in to Generate a New Member Profile for a Online Service Portal

• US 20080201432A1
• Filed: 02/16/2007
• Published: 08/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rearden Commerce Inc
• Original Assignee: Rearden Commerce Inc
• Inventors: ORTTUNG, Mark, Newman, Patrick, Lowell, Tamar, Greco, Aaron
• Application Number:
  US11/625,168
• Publication Number:
  US 20080201432A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1859 adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/234 for tracking messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

System and method for facilitating trasfer of experience data to generate new member profile is described. In one embodiment, the method, which can be performed on a system, comprises, in response to a user being added as a member of an online service portal, accessing from a database of the service portal, the interactions between the user and the service portal from before the user joined the service portal as a member; and, generating a member profile for the user based on the interactions between the user and the service portal from before the user joined the service portal as a member.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

In response to a user being added as a member of an online service portal, accessing from a database of the service portal, the interactions between the user and the service portal from before the user joined the service portal as a member; and

Generating a member profile for the user based on the interactions between the user and the service portal from before the user joined the service portal as a member.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the interactions comprise one or more of previous email communications, instant messaging, and telephonic communications.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein a member of the online service portal comprises a user having a membership or access rights that are not identified as temporary.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the interactions of the user with the service portal from before the user joined the service portal as a member are generated in response to an invitation issued to the user to participate with the service portal on a temporary basis.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the invitation is issued via one of email or telephone communications.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the user is added as a member of the service portal, via an association with a organization or enterprise.

7. A machine readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions which when executed, cause a machine to perform a method comprising:

In response to a user being added as a member of an online service portal, accessing from a database of the service portal, the interactions between the user and the service portal from before the user joined the service portal as a member; and

Generating a member profile for the user based on the interactions between the user and the service portal from before the user joined the service portal as a member.

8. The machine readable medium of claim 7, wherein the interactions comprise one or more of previous email communications, instant messaging, and telephonic communications.

9. The machine readable medium of claim 8, wherein a member of the online service portal comprises a user having a membership or access rights that are not identified as temporary.

10. The machine readable medium of claim 9, wherein the interactions of the user with the service portal from before the user joined the service portal as a member are generated in response to an invitation issued to the user to participate with the service portal on a temporary basis.

11. The machine readable medium of claim 10, wherein the invitation is issued via one of email or telephone communications.

12. The machine readable medium of claim 11, wherein the user is added as a member of the service portal, via an association with a organization or enterprise.

13. A system comprising:

a means for accessing from a database of the service portal, the interactions between the user and the service portal from before the user joined the service portal as a member, in response to a user being added as a member of an online service portal; and

a means for generating a member profile for the user based on the interactions between the user and the service portal from before the user joined the service portal as a member.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the interactions comprise one or more of previous email communications, instant messaging, and telephonic communications.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein a member of the online service portal comprises a user having a membership or access rights that are not identified as temporary.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the interactions of the user with the service portal from before the user joined the service portal as a member are generated in response to an invitation issued to the user to participate with the service portal on a temporary basis.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the invitation is issued via one of email or telephone communications.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the user is added as a member of the service portal, via an association with a organization or enterprise.