System and method for identifying compatibility between users from identifying information on web pages
First Claim
1. A method for determining and displaying compatibility of a first web page user and an item registered with a search service, the method comprising the steps of:
- loading at least one web page into a web browser of a first user, the web browser having a browser component installed for acquiring and displaying a compatibility report;
detecting, by the browser component, identifying information for an item within the web page loaded by the first user;
determining the identity of the item from the detected identifying information;
determining a compatibility between the first user and the item by comparing elements of a model of the first user and a model of the item, the models stored on a server of the search service; and
displaying results to the first user.
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Abstract
A system and method for discovering and displaying the compatibility between users of a search service is presented. The searching user registers with the search service and installs a web browser toolbar or component. The searching user browses web pages, and the toolbar searches each web page for identifying information. The toolbar then transmits the identifying information to a search server, which compares the identifying information with listed identifying information for other registered users. Upon finding one or more registered users corresponding to the identifying information, the search server then determines the compatibility between the searching user and each identified registered user, sending the compatibility reports back to the toolbar. The toolbar displays the compatibility reports to the searching user in the browser.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for determining and displaying compatibility of a first web page user and an item registered with a search service, the method comprising the steps of:
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loading at least one web page into a web browser of a first user, the web browser having a browser component installed for acquiring and displaying a compatibility report; detecting, by the browser component, identifying information for an item within the web page loaded by the first user; determining the identity of the item from the detected identifying information; determining a compatibility between the first user and the item by comparing elements of a model of the first user and a model of the item, the models stored on a server of the search service; and displaying results to the first user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for providing a service to determine the compatibility of a first user and a second user, the method comprising:
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providing a component to a first user for gathering identifying information regarding a second user; determining the identity of a second user by comparing identifying information with stored identifying information, the identifying information received from the component; determining a compatibility between the first user and the second user by comparing elements of a model of the first user and a model of the second user; generating a compatibility report based on the compatibility between the first user and second user; and delivering the compatibility report to the component for display.
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8. The method of claim 8, further comprising the method steps of
receiving registration information from the first and second user; -
receiving a listing of user identifying information for the second user and storing the identifying information; and generating a user model for each of the first user and a model for the item based on registration information received from the first user and the second user, wherein the models are referenced by the stored identifying information. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for determining and displaying the compatibility of a first user and at least one web page user, the system comprising:
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a component provided to a first user, wherein, upon installation, the component is communicatively connected over a communications network to a search server, and wherein the component is configured to collect identifying information regarding a second user, and send the collected identifying information to the search server; and a search server configured to receive identifying information from the component and, based on the identifying information, search stored identifying information to determine the identity of the second user, and further configured to determine the compatibility between the first user and the second user to generate compatibility reports and transmit the compatibility reports to the component; wherein the component is further configured to receive the compatibility reports and display the compatibility reports to the first user. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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