US 2010/0306249 A1Published application

Social network systems and methods

OwnerJames Hill, John Fosterinventors

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Abstract

Embodiments of computer-implemented methods and systems are described, including: in a computer network system, providing a user page region viewable by a user; providing to the user, in the user page region, indicators of each of three categories, the categories consisting essentially of: (i) what the user has, (ii) what the user wants, and (c) what the user has thought or is thinking; wherein the user page region accepts a post by the user; after the post by the user, displaying the post in a group page region, viewable by a set of one of more persons other than the user, the set of persons being separated from the user at locations on a network; before the displaying, requiring the user to select one of the three categories to be associated with the post; and displaying the category selected by the user, with the post, in the group page region.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

in a computer network system, providing a first user page region;
providing in the first user page region an indicator of an identity of a primary user that is (i) input by the primary user, and (ii) viewable by the primary user and by a first set of persons comprising at least one person other than the primary user;
wherein the primary user and the at least one person other than the primary user are separated from each other at locations on a network in the system;
providing in the first user page region a first indicator, of at least one member of a first group of parameters, the first indicator determined by input by the primary user, and the members of the first group of parameters consisting of:
(a) a skill of the primary user, as specified by the primary user;
(b) an item possessed by the primary user, as specified by the primary user;
(c) an item rented by the primary user, as specified by the primary user;
(d) a service provided by the primary user, as specified by the primary user;
(e) a characteristic of the primary user, as specified by the primary user;
and (f) a person known and/or related to the primary user, as specified by the primary user;
and
providing in the first user page region a second indicator, of at least one member of a second group of parameters, the second indicator determined by input by the primary user, and the members of the second group of parameters consisting of:
(a) an item the primary user desires to acquire, as specified by the primary user;
(b) an item the primary user desires to rent, as specified by the primary user;
(b) a specification of potential travel by the primary user;
(c) a nonmonetary aspiration of the primary user, as specified by the primary user;
and (d) a person and/or a characteristic of a person the primary user desires to meet or engage in a relationship, as specified by the primary user;
wherein the first and second indicators are viewable by the primary user and by the first set of persons.

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Application

12/789,388Filed 27 May 2010

Priority

27 May 2009

Published

2 Dec 2010

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Classification6 codes

G06Q 10/40
Administration; Management: business processes related to social networking or social networking services
G06F 16/9535
Querying, e.g. by the use of web search engines: search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
G06Q 10/42
Business processes related to social networking or social networking services: determination of affinities or common interests between users
G06Q 30/02
Commerce: marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

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