Method and system for developing user profile on a network
AssigneeQuantia Communications
InventorsNicholas Werthessen, Eric V. Schultz
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Abstract
In an on-line networking community, a method and corresponding system develops detailed user profiles using basic information provided by the user. In one example embodiment, a web server accepts user submitted information from a user and correlates the user submitted information with available databases to retrieve supplemental information about the individual user. Using the supplemental information, the system creates and outputs for community viewing a compound user profile.
Claims17
A computer method for developing user profiles on a website, the method comprising:
- accepting user submitted information from a user;
- correlating user submitted information with available databases to retrieve supplemental information associated with the user;
- creating a compound user profile of the supplemental information.
A system for developing user profiles on a website, the system comprising:
- a network interface configured to receive user submitted information from a user;
- a profile database communicating with the network interface to store the user submitted information in a user profile;
- a processor configured to correlate user submitted information with available databases to retrieve supplemental information corresponding to the user and to update the user profile in the profile database to create a compound user profile using the supplemental information.
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions, the sequences of instructions including instruction, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform:
- accepting user submitted information from a user;
- correlating user submitted information with available databases to retrieve supplemental information corresponding to the user;
- and
- creating and outputting to a community of users a compound profile of the supplemental information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.