System and method for the automated notification of compatibility between real-time network participants

• US 9,432,315 B2
• Filed: 12/04/2014
• Issued: 08/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jedi Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Jedi Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Baker, Benjamin D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fleurantin, Jean B
• Application Number:
  US14/560,108
• Publication Number:
  US 20150088996A1
• Time in Patent Office: 635 Days
• Field of Search: 707/793, 707/794, 707/796, 707/802, 707/922, 707/966, 709/204, 709/207, 709217-219, 709227-228, 715/751, 715/753, 715/758
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/20 of structured data, e.g. relational data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/105 Human resources
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/185 with management of multicast group membership
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/02 using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99936 Pattern matching access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99937 Sorting
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

The present invention is a method and system for using predetermined preferences/characteristics to ascertain personal compatibility between network or chat room participants based upon profile information. When the system determines that these preferences are favorable for interpersonal compatibility, the system will automatically notify or page the participants so as to facilitate their introduction. Further functionality, aside from the compatibility based upon profile information, includes e-mail and other electronic notification of personal compatibility as well as geographic compatibility.

Claims

1. A method for the automated display of human participant-specific data to a human participant of a real-time network, comprising the steps of:

(a) collecting human participant specific data for a plurality of network participants, wherein said step of collecting human participant-specific data includes presenting to the human participant at least one on-line survey comprising a plurality of questions and detecting and recording the human participant responses to the questions and, if applicable, the participant-specific data further includes whether the human participant has indicated a wireless device, capable of generating positional information, as being associated with the human participant;

(b) processing the recorded human participant responses to the questions, to identify at least one facet of the human participant'"'"'s personality;

(c) storing, in memory, at least a portion of the human participant specific data collected and the at least one facet of the human participant'"'"'s personality;

(d) processing the stored human participant specific data and the at least one facet, to determine interpersonal compatibility between at least two network participants;

(e) sorting said human participant specific data from a plurality of network participants by interpersonal compatibility wherein interpersonal compatibility includes whether the wireless device is associated with the human participant; and

(f) automatically displaying at least a portion of the sorted human participant specific data to at least one participant in association with the network including an indication of the relative position of the wireless device for at least one compatible participant.

2. The method according to claim 1 where, if applicable, the participant-specific data further includes position information for the wireless device associated with the human participant, and

wherein displaying human participant-specific data further includes displaying participants'"'"' proximity, where proximity is determined, at least in part, based upon position information for the wireless devices associated with the compatible human participants.

3. The method according to claim 2 where the proximity is displayed only for compatible human participants within a specified level of proximity.

4. The method according to claim 2 wherein displaying human participant-specific data further includes a textual description of the proximity of at least one other participant.

5. The method according to claim 2 wherein displaying human participant-specific data further includes a graphical indication of the direction of at least one other participant.

6. A method for the automated display of human participant-specific data to a human participant of a real-time network, comprising:

collecting human participant-specific data for a plurality of network participants, wherein collecting human participant-specific data includes presenting to the human participant an on-line survey comprising a plurality of questions; and

detecting and recording the human participant responses to the questions and, if applicable, the participant-specific data further includes whether the human participant has indicated a wireless device, capable of generating positional information, as being associated with the human participant;

storing, in computer memory, the human participant-specific data collected, wherein storing the collected human participant-specific data includes creating at least one data table within a database that includes data for a plurality of human participants, and within said table storing at least one record containing information indicative of the human participant responses to the questions;

processing the stored human participant-specific data, using compatibility criteria, to determine interpersonal compatibility between at least two network participants, wherein processing the stored human participant-specific data includes retrieving at least one compatibility criteria, and applying the compatibility criteria to a plurality of records containing information indicative of the human participant responses in the at least one data table to determine the compatibility of the human participants;

sorting said human participant-specific data from a plurality of network participants by interpersonal compatibility, wherein interpersonal compatibility includes whether the wireless device is associated with the human participant; and

automatically displaying at least a portion of the sorted human participant-specific data to at least one participant determined to be compatible, including an indication of the relative position of the wireless device for compatible participants.

7. The method according to claim 6 where, if applicable, the participant-specific data further includes position information for the wireless device associated with the human participant, and

wherein displaying human participant-specific data further includes displaying participants'"'"' proximity, where proximity is determined, at least in part, based upon position information for the wireless devices associated with the compatible human participants.

8. The method according to claim 7 where the proximity is displayed only for compatible human participants within a specified level of proximity.

9. The method according to claim 7 wherein displaying human participant-specific data further includes a textual description of the proximity of at least one other participant.

10. The method according to claim 7 wherein displaying human participant-specific data further includes a graphical indication of the direction of at least one other participant.