INTER-CORPORATE COLLABORATION OVERLAY SOLUTION FOR PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL NETWORKS
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1. A method, comprising:
- (a) receiving, by a service provider, a request from an organization requester for one or more potential collaborators in a determined subject matter area;
(b) accessing, by the service provider, one or more profiles maintained by one or more social network services;
(c) selecting, by the service provider, a subset of individuals described in the accessed profiles as being of potential interest to the requestor; and
(d) providing, by the service provider, to the requester information describing the members of the subset of individuals.
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Abstract
A service provider includes a broker. The broker receives a request from a business organization requester for one or more potential collaborators in a determined subject matter area; accesses one or more personal profiles maintained by one or more social network services; selects a subset of individuals described in the accessed profiles as being of potential interest to the requester; and provides to the requestor information describing the members of the subset of individuals.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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(a) receiving, by a service provider, a request from an organization requester for one or more potential collaborators in a determined subject matter area; (b) accessing, by the service provider, one or more profiles maintained by one or more social network services; (c) selecting, by the service provider, a subset of individuals described in the accessed profiles as being of potential interest to the requestor; and (d) providing, by the service provider, to the requester information describing the members of the subset of individuals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method, comprising:
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(a) accessing, by a service provider, selected employee and/or contractor information maintained by at least one of an organization and a social network service; and (b) providing the accessed information to the other of at least one of an organization and a social network service, whereby selected fields in the records of the organization and social network service contain substantially consistent information and are substantially synchronized. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A service provider, comprising:
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a broker operable to; (a) receive a request from an organization requestor for one or more potential collaborators in a determined subject matter area; (b) access one or more profiles maintained by one or more social network services; (c) select a subset of individuals described in the accessed profiles as being of potential interest to the requester; and (d) provide to the requestor information describing the members of the subset of individuals. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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