Patent ID: 9355386
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A computer-based method to facilitate networking between a first user and other users comprising: receiving by a server a request from said first user over a network to create an invitation to network with a second user; determining whether one or more rules associated with invitation creation apply to the request from the first user to create the invitation; processing the request if the one or more rules determined to be applicable are satisfied; and denying the request if the one or more rules determined to be applicable are not satisfied; wherein: (i) said processing includes publishing said invitation for said networking at a location accessible by said second user and said method is performed using one or more computer devices and results in said first user networking with said second user and said method comprises automatically archiving invitations created by said first user and first user comments relating to said networking forming first user archived data comprising said invitations and said first user comments; (ii) said method further comprises providing said first user with a clickable button for said first user archived data which is transmittable via an email attachment or a downloadable format including said first user archived data relating to said first user at the request of the first user, and (iii) said method further comprises transmitting via the email attachment or the downloadable format including said first user archived data relating to said first user, wherein said first user and said second user do not know each other before said first user networking with said second user and further comprising deleting said first user archived data after said transmission.