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Method and apparatus for internet-based human network brokering

  • US 9,116,950 B2
  • Filed: 06/25/2014
  • Issued: 08/25/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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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