Patent ID: 8055750
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for autonomous management of a communication network, the communication network including a community of registered users and unregistered users who are identifiable by the communication network, the registered and unregistered users each operating a computer processor, and each computer processor is in communication with a host system computer over the communication network, the method comprising: segmenting, via a network manager application executing on the host system computer, a body of data maintained by the network manager application in a storage device in communication with the host system computer, the body of data segmented according to pre-defined aspects that identify related subject matter and volume of data stored for each of the segments based on the volume of data; classifying, via the network manager application, each of the registered users according to one or more of the segments, and identifying from the classification: a population size of users associated with corresponding segments, and a proportion of users to corresponding segments; capturing, via a messaging component of the host system, a communication between at least two users, at least one of the users unregistered to the community of users; assessing aspects of the unregistered user, based upon the communication, in view of pre-defined growth criteria established for the communication network; and upon determining the aspects of the unregistered user fall within limits specified by the pre-defined growth criteria, presenting, via a user interface of the network manager application, the unregistered user with an invitation to register with the community.