COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SELF-ADVERTISING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20100100495A1
• Filed: 10/21/2008
• Published: 04/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Anita I. Maksimow
• Original Assignee: Anita I. Maksimow
• Inventors: MAKSIMOW, ANITA I.
• Application Number:
  US12/254,855
• Publication Number:
  US 20100100495A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/319
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A method of self-advertising via a social network accessible through a global computer network comprises creating a plurality of user accounts, each of the user accounts corresponding to one of the plurality of users, and having a plurality of uploadable features including a first feature permitting the user to upload at least one advertisable characteristic to a user account, forming a user network including one or more of the plurality of user accounts in communication with one or more other user accounts, identifying each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic, linking each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic, and notifying each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic of the identity of the other of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic.

Claims

1. A method of self-advertising via a social network accessible through a global computer network comprising:

creating a plurality of user accounts, each of the user accounts corresponding to one of the plurality of users, and having a plurality of uploadable features including a first feature permitting the user to upload at least one advertisable characteristic to a user account;

forming a user network including one or more of the plurality of user accounts in communication with one or more other user accounts;

identifying each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic;

linking each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic; and

notifying each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic of the identity of the other of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the advertisable characteristic comprises at least one a career-objective, a professional networking attribute, a professional service needed, or a professional service offered.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic comprises:

running a self-initiated query in a database storing each of uploadable features.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the self-initiated query is run as soon as a user creates a new user account or uploads or modifies an entity-specific characteristic in an already existing user account.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic comprises identifying common or similar terms from a first user'"'"'s advertisable characteristic in any of the uploadable features of a second user.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein identifying common or similar terms from a first user'"'"'s advertisable characteristic in any of the uploadable features of a second user comprises:

providing a value calculation of each of the terms of the first user'"'"'s advertisable characteristics; and

running a self-initiated query in a database storing each of uploadable features.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein linking each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic comprises at least one of providing access to each of the plurality of user'"'"'s accounts to view linked accounts, or providing a hyperlink to linked accounts from each of the respective user'"'"'s profiles.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein notifying each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic of the identity of the other of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic comprises at least one of sending an email, an instant message, or an administrator issued notification on a profile page, to each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic of the identity of the other of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating revenue.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein generating revenue comprises charging the plurality of users at least one of a sign-up fee, subscription fee, transaction fee, or charging a commercial advertising fee to third parties.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising rating a user account based on at least one of content associated with the user account or integrity of a transaction with a user associated with the user account.

12. A computer readable medium comprising a computer program having executable code, the computer program for enabling self-advertising, the computer program comprising instructions for:

creating a plurality of user accounts, each of the user accounts corresponding to one of the plurality of users, and having a plurality of uploadable features including a first feature permitting the user to upload at least one advertisable characteristic to a user account;

forming a user network including one or more of the plurality of user accounts in communication with one or more other user accounts;

identifying each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic;

linking each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic; and

notifying each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic of the identity of the other of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the advertisable characteristic comprises at least one a career-objective, a professional networking attribute, a professional service needed, or a professional service offered.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein identifying each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic comprises:

running a self-initiated query in a database storing each of uploadable features.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein identifying each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic comprises identifying common or similar terms from a first user'"'"'s advertisable characteristic in any of the uploadable features of a second user.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein linking each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic comprises at least one of providing access to each of the plurality of user'"'"'s accounts to view linked accounts, or providing a hyperlink to linked accounts from each of the respective user'"'"'s profiles.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein notifying each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic of the identity of the other of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic comprises at least one of sending an email, an instant message, or an administrator issued notification on a profile page, to each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic of the identity of the other of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising generating revenue by charging the plurality of users at least one of a sign-up fee, subscription fee, transaction fee, or charging a commercial advertising fee to third parties.

19. The method of claim 12, further comprising rating a user account based on at least one of content associated with the user account or integrity of a transaction with a user associated with the user account.

20. A self-advertising system accessible through a global computer network, the system comprising:

a database hosted on a remote server, containing data sets correlating to a plurality of user accounts, each of the user accounts corresponding to one of the plurality of users, and having a plurality of uploadable features including a first feature permitting the user to upload at least one advertisable characteristic to a user account; and

a computer readable medium hosted on the remote server comprising a computer program having executable code, the computer program for enabling self-advertising, the computer program comprising instructions for;

forming a user network including one or more of the plurality of user accounts in communication with one or more other user accounts;

identifying each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic;

linking each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic; and

notifying each of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic of the identity of the other of the plurality of user accounts containing the at least one advertisable characteristic.