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System and method of ranking and searching for professional profiles

  • US 20110066954A1
  • Filed: 09/17/2010
  • Published: 03/17/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing, in the context of an online social network, a profile ranking tool:

  • wherein at least a plurality of members of the online social network each have at least one profile, and at least a plurality of members having at least one profile are professionals;

    wherein the profile ranking tool allows a member to rank profiles of professionals on a graphical user interface in an order based on an overall quality score assigned to each profile in accordance with an assessment of the competence of the owner of the profile; and

    wherein the overall quality score is a function of a peer rating factor and at least one or more of the following group;

    an education factor, an experience factor, a work products factor, and a familiarity factor, so that the overall quality score is a function of data present in the profile itself.

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