Patent ID: 6480885
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of dynamically matching defined users of a group communication system, so that subgroups of the users having certain characteristics can intercommunicate comprising the steps of:a) establishing acceptance criteria parameters and user profile data parameters defining said characteristics; b) obtaining acceptance criteria data and user profile data corresponding to the acceptance criteria parameters and user profile data parameters for each user of a multiplicity of users; c) calculating the degree of match between the user profile data of each user and the acceptance criteria data of all other users of said multiplicity of users, and using the results of those calculations that exceed a particular threshold level of match to identify a subgroup associated with each said user; and d) upon receipt by the system of a communication from a particular one of said users including message data and user identity data, making said message data available to all other members of the subgroup associated with said particular one of said users.