Interest-group discovery system
US8209338B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 1, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jun 26, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 17, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/282
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of social networking is disclosed in which users may indicate areas of interest to them and/or search for other users with the same or similar interests. Users may specify one or more areas of interest to them and enter those interests in a database, by means of a list of “tags” or keywords, called a taglist. The values of the tags may be weighted. A user wishing to find other users with similar interests may input a search taglist which is compared with the other taglists stored in the database, and a list of the users with the closest matching taglists is returned. The method may also be used to characterize documents, projects, media files or other data objects, so that such items may be searched in similar fashion.
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