Method of determining similar attributes between one or more users in a communications network

• US 20090030886A1
• Filed: 07/25/2008
• Published: 01/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hans Chandra Pandeya
• Original Assignee: Hans Chandra Pandeya
• Inventors: Pandeya, Hans Chandra
• Application Number:
  US12/220,691
• Publication Number:
  US 20090030886A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A method of determining similar attributes between one or more users in a communications network (100) including the steps of: (a) determining (S305) one or more attributes of one or more users on a communications network; (b) comparing (S310) the one or more attributes of the one or more users on the communications network; (c) using (S315) an inference filter to determine the one or more attributes in common with the one or more users; and (d) representing (S320) the one or more users which have one or more attributes in common on a display.

Claims

1. A method of determining similar attributes between one or more users in a network communications including the steps of:

(a) determining one or more attributes of one or more users on a communications network;

(b) comparing the one or more attributes of the one or more users on the communications network;

(c) using an inference filter to determine the one or more attributes in common with the one or more users; and

(d) representing the one or more users which have one or more attributes in common on a display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the display is a coordinate system indicating the number of attributes in common between the one or more users.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the display is a coordinate system having one or more axes, each axis representing an attribute.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the display is a coordinate system having one or more axes, each axis representing a combination of one or more attributes.

5. The method of any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein a first user is represented at the origin of the coordinate system and one or more users having attributes in common with the first user are displayed on the coordinate system at a distance from the origin.

6. The method of any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the coordinate system is a Cartesian coordinate system.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the distance from the first user at the origin is the number of attributes that the user has in common with one or more users.

8. The method of any one of claims 2 to 4 wherein the coordinate system is a polar coordinate system.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein a first user is represented at the origin of the coordinate system and one or more users having attributes in common with the first user are displayed on the coordinate system at a distance and angle from the origin.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein attribute is a URL.

11. The method of claim 1 or 10, wherein attribute is an ISBN or another unique identifier.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein attribute is selected from a predetermined list stored on a database.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the predetermined list is a list of musical artists, films, hobbies or usage of software applications.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the representation of the one or more users on the display indicates if the one or more users are on the communications network.

15. The method of claim 1, further including the step of initiating a chat program upon selecting a representation of the one or more users on the display.

16. The method of claim 1, further including the step of selecting a representation of the one or more users on the display and displaying one or more URLs which have been accessed by the one or more selected users.

17. The method of claim 1, further including the step of selecting the representation of the one or more users on the display and displaying one or more URL bookmarks associated with the one or more selected users.

40. Software for use with a computer including a processor and associated memory device for storing the software, the software including a series of instructions to cause the processor to carry out a method according to any one of claims 1, 18 or 36.

18. A method of determining similar attributes between one or more users in a communications network including the steps of:

(a) determining one or more URLs that a first user is currently visiting on the network;

(b) determining one or more other users currently visiting one or more URLs that match the one or more URLs in step (a) on the network;

(c) representing the one or more users currently visiting the one or more URLs that match the one or more URLs in step (a) on a display; and

(d) initiating a chat program upon a user selecting the representation of the one or more users on the display.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the display is a list of users currently visiting one or more URLs that match the one or more URLs in step (a).

20. The method of claim 18 or 19, wherein the display indicates if the one or more users are available to chat.

21. The method of claim 18, further including the steps of

(e) determining one or more attributes of one or more users currently visiting one or more URLs in step (a);

(f) comparing the one or more attributes of the one or more users currently visiting one or more URLs in step (a);

(g) using an inference filter to determine the one or more attributes in common with the one or more users; and

(h) representing the one or more users which have one or more attributes in common on a display.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the display is a coordinate system indicating the number of attributes in common between the one or more users.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the display is a coordinate system having one or more axes, each axis representing an attribute.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the display is a coordinate system having one or more axes, each axis representing a combination of one or more attributes.

25. The method of any one of claims 22 to 24, wherein a first user is represented at the origin of the coordinate system and one or more users having attributes in common with the first user are displayed on the coordinate system at a distance from the origin.

26. The method of any one of claims 22 to 24, wherein the coordinate system is a Cartesian coordinate system.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein the distance from the first user at the origin is the number of attributes that the user has in common with one or more users.

28. The method of any one of claims 22 to 24 wherein the coordinate system is a polar coordinate system.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein a first user is represented at the origin of the coordinate system and one or more users having attributes in common with the first user are displayed on the coordinate system at a distance and angle from the origin.

30. The method of claim 21, wherein attribute is a URL.

31. The method of claim 21 or 30, wherein attribute is an ISBN.

32. The method of claim 21, wherein attribute is selected from a predetermined list stored on a database.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein the predetermined list is a list of musical artists, films, hobbies or usage of software applications.

34. The method of claim 18, further including the step of selecting the representation of the one or more users on the display and displaying one or more URLs which have been accessed by the one or more selected users.

35. The method of claim 18, further including the step of selecting the representation of the one or more users on the display and displaying one or more URL bookmarks associated with the one or more selected users.

36. A method of determining similar attributes between one or more users in a communications network including the steps of:

(a) determining one or more attributes of one or more users on a communications network;

(b) comparing the one or more attributes of the one or more users on the communications network;

(c) using an inference filter to determine the one or more attributes in common with the one or more users;

(d) representing the one or more users which have one or more attributes in common on a display;

(e) selecting one or more users on the display; and

(f) indexing one or more attributes associated with the one or more selected users and storing in a database.

37. The method of claim 36, further including the steps of:

(g) receiving a query from a user;

(h) accessing the database and identifying one or more indexed attributes, each attribute associated with a selected user that match the query; and

(i) returning the query to the user by displaying the attributes to the user.

38. The method of claim 36, wherein the attribute is a URL.

39. The method of claim 38, wherein the method further includes paying a referral fee to the selected user upon a user clicking a URL associated with the selected user.