Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090271212 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE DEVICE FOR USER MATCHING AND COMMUNICATION FACILITATION - A method, system, and storage device for user matching and communication facilitation capable of receiving responses to at least one profile from at least one user. The profile having at least two sections. The first section having answers about the user and the second section having answers about what the user is looking for in another user. The answers are stored in a database system and automatically compared to other user's answers. Points are awarded for matches between two users answers to the same profile and if the points exceed a preset threshold, the two users are given the opportunity to communicate. Weighting can be employed on a question by question basis in each profile to provide a more accurate match. Furthermore, users can create custom profiles. | 10-29-2009 |
20090299785 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE DEVICE FOR JOB POSTING, MATCHING, RATING, AND REFERRAL - A job posting method, system, and storage device which allows users to create one or more talent networks each containing one or more connections, create job postings that trickle down to other users according to a set of rules, a referral system for rewarding users who recommend candidates for the job postings, and a recommendation system which allows both job posters and job seekers to have the system recommend potential candidates or jobs, as the case may be. | 12-03-2009 |
20140164393 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE DEVICE FOR CLIQUE BASED SOCIAL NETWORKING AND SOCIAL GRAPHING - A method, system, and storage device for clique based social networking and social graphing allowing users to create one or more networks each containing one or more connections, create postings or other information that trickles down to other users according to a set of rules wherein certain connections must be present to be in-network to a primary user. | 06-12-2014 |
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20120158637 | Dynamic Online Communities - Methods, systems, and computer programs for triggering interaction with a Dynamic Online Community (DOC) are presented. In one embodiment, a method includes an operation for monitoring online activity of a user, which includes tracking user input on a web browser. The method further includes operations for detecting that the user is interested in a subject based on the online activity, and for determining whether there is a DOC topic that is associated with the subject. The DOC has members that have shown an interest in the DOC topic. In another operation, the method assigns the user to be a member of the DOC if the determination indicates that there is a DOC topic associated with the subject. The user is automatically recommended to join the DOC. DOC related information is provided to the user after the user is assigned to the DOC. In one embodiment, the online activity of the user is searching in a search provider's website. | 06-21-2012 |
20120221387 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INCENTIVES FOR REFERRING ADVERTISEMENTS AND DEALS - A system for incentivizing sharing advertisements (“ads”) and associated deals with others includes a processor programmed to transmit to a user, for display in an application window of a communication device of a user, an advertisement and an associated deal with an economic incentive for sharing the advertisement with first persons in a social network of the user. The system tracks and stores referral activity by the first persons in the social network of the user in relation to the advertisement, the referral activity including the first persons sharing the advertisement with second persons. The system tracks and stores conversion activity such as purchasing by the first persons in the social network of the user in relation to the deal and purchasing by second persons referred by the first persons. The system delivers the economic incentive to the user for sharing with the first persons; for the first and second persons who share the advertisement; and/or for the first and second persons who convert the deal. | 08-30-2012 |
20130166360 | USER CENTRIC GROUP BUYING DEALS - Techniques for facilitating group discounts are described. A shopping request is received from a user. Information related to the shopping request is provided to a plurality of providers. A plurality of group discount packages is received from the plurality of providers. The group discount packages are generated based on the provided shopping request information. The group discount packages may be offered by enabling users to accept at least one of the group discount packages. A deal with at least one of the plurality of group discount packages with a corresponding at least one of the providers is confirmed when an associated threshold value is met. | 06-27-2013 |