Patent ID: 7743100
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing access to certain profile information over a network, the profile information being stored in a database and pertaining to a plurality of registered users, said method implemented using at least one server machine operatively coupleable to the network, said method comprising: (a) registering a plurality of users; (b) for each registered user, maintaining in the database profile information provided by said respective user and profile designation information defining a plurality of profiles, each profile containing particular profile information designated by said respective user; (c) identifying a particular one of the plurality of registered users for which a requesting user desires to access profile information, the requesting user also being one of the plurality of registered users; (d) informing the identified registered user via the network that the requesting user has requested to access profile information; (e) receiving instructions from the identified registered user, via the network, on whether to permit the requesting user access to the profile information; (f) identifying, from the instructions, one profile, of a plurality of profiles previously defined in the database and associated with the identified registered user, for which the identified registered user has permitted the requesting user to access; and (g) providing the requesting user with access to the one profile, via the network, in accordance with the instructions.