METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERNET-BASED HUMAN NETWORK BROKERING
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising allowing a first user to present a set of information to a second user, wherein said set of information is subject to access control criteria defined by the first user, and said access control criteria include information pertaining to the relationship between any two or more persons in a network of associated persons connecting said first user and said second user.
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Abstract
Matches between search queries and potential targets of such search queries are automatically brokered by (i) comparing search criteria specified in the search queries with profile criteria describing the potential targets, and (ii) reporting instances of acceptable correspondence between the search criteria and the profile criteria, provided that access controls associated with the profile criteria of the targets permit such reporting in light of access levels assigned to the search inquiries. Initiators, using client applications at various remote locations, may formulate the search queries and the brokering may be performed at one or more server locations communicatively coupled (e.g., via the Internet) thereto. The profile criteria may include portions of rich descriptive profiles of the potential targets.
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- 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising allowing a first user to present a set of information to a second user, wherein said set of information is subject to access control criteria defined by the first user, and said access control criteria include information pertaining to the relationship between any two or more persons in a network of associated persons connecting said first user and said second user.
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6. A computer-implemented method, comprising allowing a first user to present a set of information to a second user, wherein said set of information:
- (i) is subject to access control criteria defined by the first user, and (ii) comprises knowledge resources recorded in the first user'"'"'s profile.
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12. A computer-implemented method, comprising allowing a first user to present a set of information to a second user, wherein said set of information:
- (i) is subject to access control criteria defined by the first user, (ii) comprises knowledge resources recorded in the first user'"'"'s profile, and (iii) comprises a hyperlink to knowledge resources stored in media distinct from those in which the first user'"'"'s profile is stored.
- View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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