DYNAMIC IDENTIFICATION OF OTHER USERS TO AN ONLINE USER
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Abstract
Informing a user of a large scale network dynamically of other network users includes determining dynamically an online context of the user. Other users presently within the online context of the user are identified and trait information is stored that is related essentially only to the user or to the other users in a users store associated with the online context. The user is informed dynamically of the other users based on the stored trait information, such as, for example, an age or other demographic identifier, or information indicative of an expertise, interest, preference, user type and/or other quality of the user or of the other individual.
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77 Claims
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58. A method of informing a user of other network users, the method comprising:
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determining an online context of a user; storing, in a database, trait information for the user; determining an online context of other users; comparing, with a processor, the online context of the user to the online context of the other users; storing, in the database, trait information for the other users when the other users enter the online context of the user; comparing, with a processor, the stored trait information for the user to the stored trait information for the other users to identify a group of the other users that share the online context of the user and at least one trait with the user; and informing the user of at least one member of the identified group of the other users. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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67. A system for informing a user of other network users, the system comprising a processor connected to a storage device and one or more input/output devices, wherein the processor is configured to:
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determine an online context of a user; store, in a database, trait information for the user; determine an online context of other users; compare the online context of the user to the online context of the other users; store, in the database, trait information for the other users when the other users enter the online context of the user; compare the stored trait information for the user to the stored trait information for the other users to identify a group of the other users that share the online context of the user and at least one trait with the user; and inform the user of at least one member of the identified group of the other users. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70)
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71. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for causing one or more processors to perform a method of informing a user of other network users, the method comprising:
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determining an online context of a user; storing, in a database, trait information for the user; determining an online context of other users; comparing, with a processor, the online context of the user to the online context of the other users; storing, in the database, trait information for the other users when the other users enter the online context of the user; comparing, with a processor, the stored trait information for the user to the stored trait information for the other users to identify a group of the other users that share the online context of the user and at least one trait with the user; and informing the user of at least one member of the identified group of the other users. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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