Patent ID: 8190681
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of communicating to a first member of a personal communication network of professionals about an accolade pertaining to a second member of the personal communication network of professionals, the method comprising the steps of: establishing the second member as a contact of the first member in the personal communication network of professionals, the personal communication network of professionals being a type of social network for professional persons that is based upon communication links between professional persons; updating a second member's profile in the personal communication network of professionals with information pertaining to an accolade of the second member, the accolade being information related to a professional accomplishment; acquiring the information pertaining to the accolade from the second member's profile; and presenting the acquired information pertaining to the accolade to the first member for visual notification of the updating, wherein the acquiring and the presenting occur automatically upon the updating of the second member's profile with the information pertaining to the accolade of the second member.