Patent ID: 9391946
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for enabling identification and ranking of network users to facilitate communication and commerce between them, the method comprising: providing a server having a distance calculating module operating thereon; using the distance calculating module, calculating one or more virtual distances between a first resource identified by a uniform resource identifier and one or more other resources identified by one or more other uniform resource identifiers, wherein the first resource identified by a resource identifier that the user is accessing and each of the one or more other resources identified by one or more other uniform resource identifiers accessed by other users comprise any resource identified by a resource identifier on any network, and generating a listing of at least one of the one or more other resources identified by one or more other uniform resource identifiers ranked by virtual distance and determined to be within a predetermined virtual distance from the first resource identified by a uniform resource identifier; and enabling a first user associated with the first resource identified by a uniform resource identifier to communicate with one or more other users associated with the at least one of the one or more other resources identified by one or more other uniform resource identifiers from the generated listing.