INTRA-AFFILIATION AND INTER-AFFILIATION POSTINGS MANAGEMENT
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving a posting from an account, the account being associated with an affiliation and an account parameter;
transmitting a plurality of affiliation-specific parameters associated with the affiliation to the account;
receiving a posting parameter from the account, the posting parameter being selected from the plurality of affiliation-specific parameters;
determining a level of relevancy of the posting to a receiving account based on the posting parameter, the account parameter, and a receiving account parameter, the receiving account being associated with the receiving account parameter;
generating an order of a plurality of postings including the posting based on the level of relevancy; and
transmitting the order of the plurality of postings to the receiving account.
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Abstract
Techniques for managing intra-affiliation and inter-affiliation postings are described. Disclosed are techniques for receiving a posting from an account, the account being associated with an affiliation and an account parameter, transmitting one or more affiliation-specific parameters associated with the affiliation to the account, receiving a posting parameter from the account, the posting parameter being selected from one or more affiliation-specific parameters, determining a level of relevancy of the posting to a receiving account based on the posting parameter, the account parameter, and a receiving account parameter, the receiving account being associated with the receiving account parameter, generating an order of postings based on the level of relevancy, and transmitting the order of postings to the receiving account. One or more postings may be displayed at the receiving account based on the order.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving a posting from an account, the account being associated with an affiliation and an account parameter; transmitting a plurality of affiliation-specific parameters associated with the affiliation to the account; receiving a posting parameter from the account, the posting parameter being selected from the plurality of affiliation-specific parameters; determining a level of relevancy of the posting to a receiving account based on the posting parameter, the account parameter, and a receiving account parameter, the receiving account being associated with the receiving account parameter; generating an order of a plurality of postings including the posting based on the level of relevancy; and transmitting the order of the plurality of postings to the receiving account. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method, comprising:
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receiving an email address from a client; transmitting an email message to the email address, the email message including data configured to authenticate the email address; referencing at least a portion of the email address against a library to identify an affiliation associated with the email address; identifying one or more affiliation-specific parameters associated with the affiliation; and transmitting the one or more affiliation-specific parameters to the client. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A method, comprising:
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receiving a posting from an account, the account being associated with a plurality of identification tags and being associated with an account parameter selected from a plurality of affiliation-specific parameters; determining a posting type associated with the posting, the posting type being associated with transmitting a request to select of an identification tag from at least a subset of the plurality of identification tags to the account; transmitting the request to the account; receiving a selected identification tag from the account; and transmitting the posting, the selected identification tag, and the account parameter to another account. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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