Method and apparatus for internet-based human network brokering
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method, comprisingsearching a first descriptive personal profile of a target user of a computer-based social network, which social network includes defined relationships of mutual trust established between owners of descriptive personal profiles that collectively define said social network, said searching being performed according to one or more attributes selected from a designated one of said owners'"'"' descriptive personal profiles;
- determining, as a result of said searching, whether or not corresponding attributes exist in said target user'"'"'s descriptive personal profile;
if said corresponding attributes exist in said target user'"'"'s descriptive personal profile, then identifying likely social network connections between a user responsible for invoking said searching and the target user, said social network connections being said defined relationships of mutual trust established between said owners; and
providing said a user responsible for invoking said searching a description of said likely social network connections between the user and the target 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
searching a first descriptive personal profile of a target user of a computer-based social network, which social network includes defined relationships of mutual trust established between owners of descriptive personal profiles that collectively define said social network, said searching being performed according to one or more attributes selected from a designated one of said owners'"'"' descriptive personal profiles; -
determining, as a result of said searching, whether or not corresponding attributes exist in said target user'"'"'s descriptive personal profile; if said corresponding attributes exist in said target user'"'"'s descriptive personal profile, then identifying likely social network connections between a user responsible for invoking said searching and the target user, said social network connections being said defined relationships of mutual trust established between said owners; and providing said a user responsible for invoking said searching a description of said likely social network connections between the user and the target user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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