System for publishing and searching interests of individuals
March 11, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesSmall-scale workspace representations indicating activities by other users Data processing system using gesture-based input data Reception system for an interactive computer network and method of operation Human interface system for communicating networked users System for linking hypermedia data objects in accordance with associations of source and destination data objects and similarity threshold without using keywords or link-difining terms Patent #: 5694594 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 815461 filed on 03/11/1997US Classes:715/751, Computer supported collaborative work between plural users709/203, Client/server715/759, Group window715/839, Imitating real life object715/968Interface for database querying and retrievalExaminersPrimary: Bayerl, Raymond J.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesG06F 003/00G06F 015/163 AbstractA method for publishing and searching interests of individuals, the method including providing a memory bearing software for performing the following: providing to a user a request for data by providing a plurality of selectible differing graphics icons respectively having the appearance of a house, receiving a selection, adding the selection to a database and associating the selection with the user who made the selection, communicating to the user who selected a house icon a list of possible interests of the user, receiving a selection of interests from the user, adding the selected interests to the database and associating the selected interests with the house icon selected by the user who selected the interests, communicating to a user a form for use in requesting a search of the database, and generating graphics having the general appearance of a plurality of houses after the search is performed, in which the houses are respectively selectible by the user, and communicating to the user who uses the search request form the interests of the user associated with a house if that house is selected.Other References
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