Targeted websites based on a user profile
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- generating profile information of a user based on interests of the user in a social network;
associating links to the user based on contact information added by the user and by other users;
creating a character profile of the user based on the profile information and the contact information; and
selecting a targeted website address based on the character profile when the user requests access to a particular entity associated with a targeted website.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and system of targeted websites based on a user profile are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes generating profile information of a user based on interests of the user in a social network, associating links to the user based on contact information added by the user and by other users, creating a character profile of the user based on the profile information and the contact information, and selecting a targeted website address based on the character profile when the user requests access to a particular entity associated with targeted website. The method may further include applying a time of year filter when selecting the targeted website, such that the time of year filter automatically determines what information to show the user in the website based on an age an a marital status of the user captured through the profile information.
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27 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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generating profile information of a user based on interests of the user in a social network; associating links to the user based on contact information added by the user and by other users; creating a character profile of the user based on the profile information and the contact information; and selecting a targeted website address based on the character profile when the user requests access to a particular entity associated with a targeted website. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 11)
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4. A method, comprising:
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providing descriptive information of pre-seeded data having characteristics of people and communities in a geographic area; generating a community network of user profiles based on the pre-seeded data, each user profile of the user profiles associated with a specific geographic location, at least some of the specific geographic locations associated with at least one of a business and a residence; associating a first user with a first user profile of the user profiles having a specific geographic location associated with a first business; claiming the first user profile of the user profiles; selecting the first user profile by a second user profile based on a set of characteristics derived from the second user profile and the pre-seeded data; and generating a three-dimensional map view embodied by the community network, at least a portion of the user profiles represented at locations in the three-dimensional map view corresponding with the specific geographic locations of the at least a portion of the user profiles, the first user profile, and information, based on at least a portion of the set of characteristics derived from the second user profile and the pre-seeded data. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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12. A system, comprising:
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a geographic community environment; a community network module of the geographic community environment, the community network module to include user profiles, each user profile of the user profiles to include an associated specific geographic location, at least a portion of the specific geographic locations associated with at least one of a business and a residence; a map module of the geographic community environment to include map data which serve as a basis to render a three-dimensional map view in the geo-spatial environment which identifies at least some physical structures having specific geographic locations; a claim module of the geographic community environment to claim a first user profile of the user profiles having a specific geographic location associated with a business; a display module of the geographic community environment to generate a display view of the three-dimensional map view embodied by the community network and a first user profile of the user profiles represented at a location in the three-dimensional map view associated with the specific geographic location of the first user profile of the user profiles; and a transaction module of the geographic community environment to generate a promotion-related activity associated with the first user profile of the user profiles and the business. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A geographic community environment, comprising:
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a first instruction set to enable a community network, to include a user database to include user profiles, the community network associated with map data, in which the community network is associated with specific geographic locations identifiable in the map data and at least a portion of the specific geographic locations are associated with at least one of a business and a residence; a second instruction set integrated with the first instruction set to claim a user profile of the user profiles having a specific geographic location associated with a business; and a third instruction set integrated with the first instruction set and the second instruction set to generate a promotion-related activity associated with the user profile of the user profiles and the business. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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