GB2608960A

GB2608960A - Computing system

Info

Publication number: GB2608960A
Application number: GB2215516.2A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Stockdale Matthew
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2020-04-20
Filing date: 2021-03-25
Publication date: 2023-01-18
Also published as: WO2021214571A1; GB202103600D0; GB202215516D0

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for connecting users online, whereby a first type of user remains anonymous to a second type of user until a second type of user has reviewed the a first user profile and agreed to first user specified parameters for connection to take place, and to a system which searches user β profiles for common data with a user α profile in one or more categories of data and identifies differences in data in other categories between the user α and those user β profiles that have common data.

Claims

CLAIMS 1. A computing system for connecting first user types with second user types, comprising: one or more computer processors for executing program instructions for receiving inputs from first users of a first user type and second users of a second user type over a communications network and sending outputs to first and second users over the communications network; one or more computer-readable storage media for storing profiles of first and second users associated with respective users; a search engine for searching profiles for comparing the user profiles of first user types with the profiles of the second user types; program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the processors, the program instructions comprising instructions: to receive from users respective profile data via the communications network; to store the profile data associated with respective users; to search the profiles for determining common data in the profiles of first users and second users; to determine if the common data meets a threshold value and there is a match between first users and second users; to disclose to second users those profiles of the first users where there is a match; to exclude from the profile disclosure selected excluded data from first user profiles including at least the name and contact details of the first users; to receive from matched second users a selection selecting one or more disclosed first users; to output the selection to the selected first users; to prompt the selected first users to respond with acceptance or rejection; to disclose to the matched second users the excluded data of the selected first users if there is an acceptance and not to disclose the excluded data if there is a rejection.
2. A system as claimed in claim 1, comprising executable instructions comprising instructions to rank those user profiles of the first type according to the value of common data with profiles of the second user type and to disclose the profiles with their respective rankings to users of the second type.
3. A system as claimed in claim 1 or 2, comprising executable instructions comprising instructions to receive from a user of the second user type a selection of users of the first user type from the disclosed profiles and outputting a request to the selected users to waive anonymity for contact between said user of the second user type and the selected users of the first user type.
4. A system as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3, comprising executable instructions comprising instructions to search and compare profiles repeatedly at predetermined intervals.
5. A system as claimed in claim 1 or 2, comprising executable instructions comprising instructions to output to users questionnaires for completion by users with said profile data.
6. A system as claimed in any one the preceding claims, comprising executable instructions comprising instructions to receive from users profile data together with weighting factors for respective profile data, a weighting factor being an indication of the importance of each profile datum; to store the weighting factors with respective profile data associated with respective users; to apply the weighting factors to a comparison of the profile data of first users with corresponding profile data of second users; and to determine a weighted score combining the profile data with weighting factors; to disclose to second users first user profiles according to the respective weighted scores.
7. A system as claimed in claim 6, comprising executable instructions comprising instructions to determine the weighted score by combining each profile datum with the weighting factor for that datum and to combine the weighted profile data to determine a weighted score.
8. A system as claimed in claim 6 or 7, comprising executable instructions comprising instructions wherein the weighting factors selectable by users are between 1 and 0 and weighted profile datum is determined by the product of profile datum and weighting factor.
9. A system as claimed in any one the preceding claims 6 to 8, comprising executable instructions comprising instructions to determine the weighted score by addition of weighted profile data for a profile.
10. A system as claimed in any one the preceding claims, wherein the first user type are potential employees and second user type are potential employers
11. A system as claimed in any one the preceding claims, comprising executable instructions comprising instructions such that the questionnaires comprise categories of profile data for the users to select from a list in respective categories, the categories including one or more of: age, race gender, religion, industry, profession, remuneration, location, willingness/requirement to travel, remuneration, perquisites, hours of work, days of work, holiday entitlement, working from home, knowledge, experience, training, qualifications, education, interests, traits, psychological profiles, desires, and other work preferences.
12. A system as claimed in claim 10 or 11, comprising executable instructions comprising instructions to receive from an employer user confirmation that an employee userâ s profile data is acceptable, storing the confirmation associated with the employer user and the employee user and outputting the confirmation to the employee user
13. A system as claimed in claim 10, 11 or 12, comprising executable instructions comprising instructions to receive from an employer user a variation request relating to an employee userâ s profile data, storing the variation with the employer user and the employee user and outputting the variation to the employee user
14 A computer system for connecting first user types with second user types, comprising: one or more computer processors for executing program instructions for receiving inputs from first users of a first user type and second users of a second user type over a communications network and sending outputs to first and second users over the communications network; one or more computer-readable storage media for storing profiles of first and second users associated with respective users; a search engine for searching profiles for comparing the user profiles of first user types with the profiles of the second user types; program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the processors, the program instructions comprising instructions: wherein user profiles comprise data relating to multiple different categories of first user characteristics and wherein an artificial intelligence engine is arranged to output to a first user a questionnaire for population with objectives in said categories by the first user; to receive from a first user the completed questionnaire; to search other first user profiles or external sources of equivalent data for matches between the objectives and current or user requested data in a corresponding category and differ in other categories; and to output to said first user a report based on changes required to data in said other categories in order to attain one or more objectives
15. A system as claimed in claim 14, wherein an artificial intelligence engine comprises executable instructions comprising instructions to determine from the differences between the profile of said user and the profiles of said other first users the changes required and thereby to determine at least one action system each action system comprising at least one action to be undertaken by said first user
16. A system as claimed in claim 15, wherein an artificial intelligence engine comprises executable instructions comprising instructions to receive from a said first user a selection of said one or more action systems; to display to the first user at least the next action to be completed; to monitor completion of actions
17. A system as claimed in any one of claims 14 to 16, wherein the questionnaire comprises a list for selection from by a first user in a category and a corresponding time frame for attaining an objective in a category .
18. A system as claimed in any one of claims 14 to 17, wherein an artificial intelligence engine comprises executable instructions comprising instructions to wherein the categories comprise one or more of remuneration, profession, vocation, industry, role, academic qualification, professional or vocational qualification, experience, skills, holiday entitlement, pension, entitlement to work from home, or location.
19. A system as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the instructions cause an AI engine to interrogate historic and aspirational first user profile inputs for markers indicative of physiological traits that constitute an impediment to career progression and which are responsive to targeted therapy
20. A system as claimed in claim 19, wherein the instructions cause the AI engine to output a therapy indicator on determination of a marker showing an indication of a physiological condition, and to control the processor to select from a multiplicity of therapeutic remedies appropriate for the marker .
21. A system as claimed in claim 20, wherein the instructions cause the therapeutic remedies to be mapped onto a timeline for completion by a user, cause determination of completion to be monitored and to cause proactive and reactive outputs to a user responsive to the determination.