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US 2012/0233259 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for internet-based human network brokering
OwnerJames Duncan Workinventor
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Matches between search queries and potential targets of such search queries are automatically brokered by (i) comparing search criteria specified in the search queries with profile criteria describing the potential targets, and (ii) reporting instances of acceptable correspondence between the search criteria and the profile criteria, provided that access controls associated with the profile criteria of the targets permit such reporting in light of access levels assigned to the search inquiries. Initiators, using client applications at various remote locations, may formulate the search queries and the brokering may be performed at one or more server locations communicatively coupled (e.g., via the Internet) thereto. The profile criteria may include portions of rich descriptive profiles of the potential targets.
A computer-implemented method, comprising, at a first computer system, screening inbound information intended for a recipient thereof by evaluating information regarding said inbound information received by said first computer system in response to a search over a computer-based social network defined by relationships between members of said social network, and, based on evaluations of attributes of relationships of said members, including strengths of connections between individuals in a chain of person-to-person connections between a sender of the inbound information and the intended recipient, determining whether or not to provide said inbound information to the intended recipient.
A computer-implemented method, comprising screening, at a first computer system, inbound information intended for a recipient thereof by evaluating data regarding a sender of said information retrieved in response to a search over a computer-based social network defined by relationships between members of the social network, and providing the inbound information for review by the intended recipient only if a connection strength between each two persons in a chain of person-to-person connections between the sander and the intended recipient exceeds a defined connection strength threshold.
A computer-implemented method, comprising evaluating, at a first computer system, an information source according to information retrieved by the first computer system from a search over social network defined by relationships between members of the social network, and filtering messages associated with said information source according to an evaluation of relationships of the members.
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