Methods and systems for social matching
AssigneeSameGrain, Inc.
InventorsAnne Artmeier Balduzzi, Eric Eller
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for triggering a social match analysis. A user device such as a network connected device scans for one or more entity identifiers via camera, microphone, or wireless signal receiver and initiates a request to a social matching system. The social matching system retrieves attribute information for each of the identified entities and performs a match analysis, scoring the potential matches and noting common attributes. A match analysis report is generated and returned to the originating requesting user device.
Claims26
A method for social matching, the method comprising:
- receiving one or more entity identifiers on a first user device associated with a requesting entity;
- transmitting a match request from a requesting user device associated with the requesting entity to a match server, the requesting user device comprising the first user device or another user device associated with the requesting entity;
- retrieving entity identification, contextual data, and a plurality of attributes associated with either of the requesting entity or a third party entity, and for the one or more entity identifiers from one or more databases;
- performing at least one match analysis, the at least one match analysis comprising calculating matching scores and identifying matches between the retrieved entities and a requesting entity;
- formatting a match analysis output, the match analysis output comprising the results derived from the performed match analysis;
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- transmitting the match analysis output from the match server to the requesting user device.
A computer-readable medium containing a computer-readable code that when read by a computer causes the computer to perform a method for social matching, the method comprising:
- receiving one or more entity identifiers on a first user device associated with a requesting entity;
- transmitting a match request from a requesting user device associated with the requesting entity to a match server, the requesting user device comprising the first user device or another user device associated with the requesting entity;
- retrieving entity identification, contextual data, and a plurality of attributes associated with either of the requesting entity or a third party entity, and for the one or more entity identifiers from one or more databases;
- performing at least one match analysis, the at least one match analysis comprising calculating matching scores and identifying matches between the retrieved entities and a requesting entity;
- formatting a match analysis output, the match analysis output comprising the results derived from the performed match analysis;
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- transmitting the match analysis output from the match server to the requesting user device.
A system for social matching, the system comprising:
- a user device, the user device in communication with one or more networks;
- at least one receiving mechanism to receive one or more entity identifiers, the at least one mechanism comprising any of a camera, a lens, a microphone, a sensor, a receiver, a USB stick, and combinations thereof;
- at least one stored computer-readable medium component containing a computer-readable code that when read by a computer causes the computer to perform a method for social matching;
- a match server, the match server configured be in communication with the user device;
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- at least one database, the at least one database comprising any of entity identification, contextual data, attribute data and combinations thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.