DYNAMIC IDENTIFICATION OF OTHER USERS TO AN ONLINE USER

• US 20130117369A1
• Filed: 09/13/2012
• Published: 05/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Appelman, Barry, Buonviri, Terry Christian, Erickson, Andrew Ivar, Jarmolowski, Thomas, Weltman, Robert Eugene
• Application Number:
  US13/614,846
• Publication Number:
  US 20130117369A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

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.

Claims

1. A method of informing dynamically a user of a large scale network of other network users, the method comprising:

determining dynamically an online context of the user;

identifying other users presently within the online context of the user;

storing trait information related essentially only to the user or to the other users in a users store related to the online context; and

informing the user dynamically of the other users based on the stored trait information.

2-57. -57. (canceled)