Title:
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MATCHING USERS TO GROUPS FOR ONLINE COMMUNITIES AND COMPUTER SIMULATIONS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/142077
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A method includes detecting a first user seeking to join a group, detecting one or more groups recruiting members, retrieving user parameters corresponding to the first user, and retrieving group parameters corresponding to each of the one or more groups. The group parameters may comprise group characteristic data and group requirements. For each group of the one or more groups, the group parameters corresponding to the group are compared against the user parameters corresponding to the first user. A score is determined for each of the one or more groups based on the comparing. One or more selected groups of the one or more groups is recommended to the first user at least in part based on the score. One or more computer programs may be adapted to execute the above steps, and a processor may be configured to perform the above steps.
Inventors:
BUHR BRIAN DOUGLAS (US)
SANTHOSH SREELATA (US)
SANTHOSH SREELATA (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2013/029546
Publication Date:
June 18, 2015
Filing Date:
March 07, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SONY COMP ENTERTAINMENT US (US)
International Classes:
G06Q99/00
Foreign References:
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KRATZ, Rudy et al. (Even Tabin & Flannery,120 S. LaSalle Street,Suite 160, Chicago IL, US)
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