INTERPERSONAL AFFINITY IDENTIFICATION
First Claim
1. A method of identifying users of interest to each other based on their evaluated expertise, comprising:
- receiving, at a server computer, a check-in request for a location from an arriving user;
determining, by the server computer, from other users at the location a set of affinity users for the arriving user, by;
(a) comparing, by the server computer, characteristics of the arriving user with (i) desired characteristics of each of the other users, and (ii) characteristics of each of the other users according to matching rules, to find potential matches;
(b) comparing, by the server computer, characteristics of each of the potential matches with (i) desired characteristics of the arriving user, and (ii) characteristics of the arriving user according to matching rules, to find affinity users;
at least one of the characteristics, of one of the arriving user and the other users, being an expertise evaluation generated by an expertise system;
notifying, by the server computer, the arriving user of each of the affinity users; and
notifying, by the server computer, each of the affinity user of the arriving user.
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Abstract
A person, registered at an affinity system, is associated with characteristics describing him/herself, and with at least one set of characteristics describing other persons of interest to the registered person (“desired match descriptions”). The desired characteristics may include that a person is looking for a characteristic. Some of the characteristics may be provided by an expertise system including expertise ratings and rarity ratings. The expertise system determines a characteristic via its own methodology, such as tests or other verifications. The expertise system can be internal or external to the affinity system, and there can be more than one expertise system. When a person checks-in at a location, physically or virtually, the affinity system identifies persons of mutual interest. If each of the registered persons agrees, they both are enabled to contact each other.
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12 Claims
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1. A method of identifying users of interest to each other based on their evaluated expertise, comprising:
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receiving, at a server computer, a check-in request for a location from an arriving user; determining, by the server computer, from other users at the location a set of affinity users for the arriving user, by; (a) comparing, by the server computer, characteristics of the arriving user with (i) desired characteristics of each of the other users, and (ii) characteristics of each of the other users according to matching rules, to find potential matches; (b) comparing, by the server computer, characteristics of each of the potential matches with (i) desired characteristics of the arriving user, and (ii) characteristics of the arriving user according to matching rules, to find affinity users; at least one of the characteristics, of one of the arriving user and the other users, being an expertise evaluation generated by an expertise system; notifying, by the server computer, the arriving user of each of the affinity users; and notifying, by the server computer, each of the affinity user of the arriving user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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