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Goal-oriented user matching among social networking environments

  • US 9,633,086 B2
  • Filed: 02/18/2016
  • Issued: 04/25/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for matching users among a computerized network, the method comprising:

  • a processor receiving one or more goals from a querying user and storing the one or more goals in an electronic storage medium;

    the processor receiving one or more selection criteria from the querying user, the selection criteria relating to attributes of a desired set of candidate users to collaborate with the querying user;

    the processor receiving, from the querying user, a desired degree of social network separation between the querying user and the desired set of candidate users to collaborate with the querying user in achieving the one or more goals;

    the processor storing the one or more selection criteria in the electronic storage medium;

    the processor weighting one or more selection criteria relative to one another;

    the processor prioritizing the one or more selection criteria based on a corresponding weight derived from the weighting;

    the processor searching a set of social networks based on the set of goals, the desired degree of social network separation, and the prioritized selection criteria, for a set of candidate users; and

    the processor ranking the set of candidate users based on a likelihood of each candidate user in the set of candidate users matching the set of goals and the set of criteria;

    wherein the desired degree of social network separation comprises a numerical indicator of a maximum number of connected nodes between a node corresponding to the querying user and a set of nodes corresponding to the set of candidate users.

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