US 2006/0080284 A1 · Viral engine for network deployment

Abstract

A private network system operates over a public network to provide an asymmetric service to members with information from other members and non-members. The system includes central servers and databases connected via the public network to client systems of public network users. The users may be members who communicate with a private protocol or non-members who communicate with the public protocol. A process for the private service includes communication of information between users via the private service servers. The private service server implements the private service, which includes a viral engine for network deployment. Features of the viral engine include genetic algorithms, data mining, personalization, frictionless service setup, user maximization, and member-controlled privacy. A sample setup process and contact update wizard that include several viral engine features are described.

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A network deployment method for building a membership based private network between users of a public communications network, the method comprising:

receiving from a first member at least one identifier for a user of the public network, wherein the user is one of a member or a non-member of the private network;
determining, based at least in part on the identifier, whether the user is one of a member or a non-member of the private network;
requesting information from the user via a public communications protocol in response to determining that the user is a non-member of the private network;
receiving information from the non-member via the public communications network;
and
populating at least part of a data object in a database record associated with the first member with the information received from the non-member.

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A viral engine for implementing features to rapidly deploy a member based private network over a public network of users by providing a data sharing service for members of the private network configurable to receive data from non-members of the private network, the viral engine comprising:

a service messaging module coupled to the public network for composing and transmitting service messages to members and non-members of the private network;
a data-mining module communicatively coupled to a data storage of member's communication records for implementing data mining algorithms to derive non-member information usable for transmitting service messages bearing private network membership information to the non-members;
a personalization module communicatively coupled to the service messaging module for receiving member input and composing service related messages bearing personalized invitations to join the private network, the service related messages for transmission to non-members over the public network as part of the service;
and
a genetic algorithm module communicatively coupled to the service messaging module and the public network, the genetic algorithm module configured to apply conversion rate related statistics in selecting aesthetic related features for generating new versions of service messages and graphical user interfaces for transmission over the public network to non-members.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Viral engine for network deployment

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