WO1998024031A1 - Procede et dispositif de comparaison et de mise en correspondance de donnees - Google Patents

Procede et dispositif de comparaison et de mise en correspondance de donnees Download PDF

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WO1998024031A1
WO1998024031A1 PCT/US1997/021853 US9721853W WO9824031A1 WO 1998024031 A1 WO1998024031 A1 WO 1998024031A1 US 9721853 W US9721853 W US 9721853W WO 9824031 A1 WO9824031 A1 WO 9824031A1
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Kevin C. Treider
Michael J. Reilly
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  • the present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for automatically comparing information about two or more individuals or entities and reporting points of commonality.
  • the present invention is directed to comparisons of information either of two predetermined individuals (or businesses or other entities) or of an individual against a plurality of other individuals. Each individual controls what level of information may be searched and accessed by other individuals and permits ranking of security levels of known and unknown individuals permitting varying levels of access to an individual's information.
  • the present invention is further capable of identifying chains of commonality and to use cellular phones and the like to enter, compare, and access information.
  • the present invention is of an apparatus for and method of storing, comparing, and accessing information for a plurality of users comprising: collecting a reference user's information including a list of other users with whom the reference user is acquainted; ranking a level of acquaintance with each user of the list of users; restricting access to information based on level of acquaintance between users; comparing accessible information between users; and reporting matches in the compared accessible information.
  • information is collected on both skills possessed and desired and skills desired by the reference user are compared against skills possessed by other users and/or skills possessed by the reference user are compared against skills desired by other users.
  • Comparing may include lists of direct acquaintances of users and/or lists of acquaintances of direct acquaintances of users. Users may be informed whenever information has been matched and a reference user receives report including such users. Comparing and reporting may be performed for a reference user via a wireless device, such as any form of cellular telephones, beepers, palmtops, laptops, or personal information managers.
  • a wireless device such as any form of cellular telephones, beepers, palmtops, laptops, or personal information managers.
  • Fig. 1 is a flow diagram of the login sequence of the preferred embodiment
  • Fig. 2 is a flow diagram of the "user home" page of the preferred embodiment
  • Fig. 3 is a flow diagram of the "add user" page of the preferred embodiment
  • Fig. 4 is a flow diagram of the "search" page of the preferred embodiment
  • Fig. 5 is a flow diagram of the "send message" page of the preferred embodiment
  • Fig. 6 is a flow diagram of the "edit user profile" page of the preferred embodiment
  • Fig. 7 is a flow diagram of the "edit contact access" page of the preferred embodiment.
  • Fig. 8 is a flow diagram of the "search for skill" page of the preferred embodiment
  • Fig. 9 is a flow diagram of the "commonality search" page of the preferred embodiment.
  • Fig. 10 is a flow diagram of the "users needing skills" page of the preferred embodiment
  • Fig. 11 is a screen shot of the "user login" page of the preferred embodiment
  • Fig. 12 is a screen shot of the "user verification" page of the preferred embodiment
  • Fig. 13 is a screen shot of the "invalid login" page of the preferred embodiment
  • Fig. 14 is a screen shot of the "user home” page of the preferred embodiment
  • Fig. 15 is a screen shot of the "add contact to list” page of the preferred embodiment
  • Fig. 16 is a screen shot of the "search" page of the preferred embodiment
  • Fig. 17 is a screen shot of the "internal message send" page of the preferred embodiment
  • Fig. 18 is a screen shot of the "user information" page of the preferred embodiment
  • Fig. 19 is a screen shot of the "search results" page of the preferred embodiment.
  • Fig. 20 is a screen shot of the "skill search" page of the preferred embodiment
  • Fig. 21 is a screen shot of the "skill search results" page of the preferred embodiment
  • Fig. 22 is a screen shot of the "commonality search" page of the preferred embodiment
  • Fig. 23 is a screen shot of the "commonality search results" page of the preferred embodiment.
  • Fig. 24 is a screen shot of the "needed skills search results" page of the preferred embodiment.
  • the present invention utilizes the theory of "six degrees of separation" which surmises that there are, at most, six intermediary acquaintances between any two people in the world.
  • One aspect of the invention permits users to exchange acquaintance lists and tree structures.
  • the invention compares, discovers, and highlights the users' mutual acquaintances and precisely illustrates the chain of acquaintances which connect the users to each other, the immediacy and the relative strengths of those links. Additionally, information the users have voluntarily entered into various fields will also be exchanged, compared, and highlighted.
  • This interfacing builds matrices of networked information among the users. This information space that the invention creates is constantly updated dynamically utilizing technologies such as the World Wide Web and wireless technology.
  • Users of the invention means any entities, including individuals, for-profit businesses, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies. Use of the invention by a plurality of users over time creates new and constantly evolving relationships among the users and enables them to communicate and network with one another in constantly evolving ways to achieve static or constantly evolving goals. Non-limited examples of manners in which the invention may be employed are:
  • the invention provides a mechanism allowing non-users to voluntarily become temporary users so that they may enter and experience the invention before registering as full users. Users always have full control over their own information stored in the invention. Information exchanged is by voluntarily expressed choices of the user.
  • the invention provides the following objects and advantages: A category driven interface for managing contacts. Users are able to sort contacts within an unlimited number of user defined categories for easy navigation and retrieval. • A primary contact quick search mechanism. Users are able to quickly search their primary contact list by any of the standard user database fields. A fuzzy logic search is preferably utilized.
  • Each user is the gatekeeper of its own information. Users are able to define what level of information each contact will have access to.
  • Addition of non-users to primary contact database Users have the option of adding contact information for non-users. These contacts are preferably not included in any of the external search functions. • Direct links to contact World Wide Web sites and Internet e-mail. A direct link will be included from the contact profile listing to an associated URL (Uniform Resource Locator) or e-mail address.
  • URL Uniform Resource Locator
  • the second tier is comprised of the primary contacts of the members' contact list.
  • the preferred server employs the Windows NT operating system with NTFS (NT File System) installed, which permits adherence to U.S. Government C2 security requirements.
  • NTFS NT File System
  • the invention preferably provides for compatibility with all major World Wide Web browser software, including to date Microsoft Internet Explorer; Netscape Navigator and AOL (America On- Line) integrated browser, and any Netscape compatible browser.
  • Windows 3.1 Windows for Workgroups 3.11 ; Windows 95; Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0; Windows CE (hand-held devices); Macintosh Power PC; AIX; BSD/386 Unix; HP-UX; IRIX 5 and 6; Linux; OSF/1 ; SunOS 4/1/3; SPARC Solaris 2.3 and 2.4; and OS/2.
  • the invention further easily provides for employment of "smart" cellular telephones and like portable devices (portable computers, palmtops, personal information managers, beepers, and the like).

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Cette invention se rapporte à un dispositif et à un procédé permettant à une pluralité d'utilisateurs de stocker des données, de les comparer et d'y accéder. Ledit procédé consiste à rassembler des informations relatives à un utilisateur de référence, et notamment une liste d'autres utilisateurs qui sont connus de l'utilisateur de référence; à classer par niveau de connaissance chacun des utilisateurs de ladite liste; à restreindre l'accès aux informations en fonction de ce niveau de connaissance entre utilisateurs; à comparer les informations accessibles par les différents utilisateurs; et à établir la liste des correspondances trouvées parmi les informations accessibles comparées. La comparaison et l'établissement de la liste des correspondances peuvent être effectués au moyen d'un dispositif sans fil tel qu'un téléphone cellulaire, un avertisseur sonore, un ordinateur de poche ou un gestionnaire personnel.
PCT/US1997/021853 1996-11-27 1997-11-26 Procede et dispositif de comparaison et de mise en correspondance de donnees WO1998024031A1 (fr)

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