Patent ID: 6931399
Filing Date: 2005-08-16
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of providing personalized information comprising: a) providing a database comprising a plurality of contributor content records and a plurality of contributor profile records, wherein each contributor content record corresponds to a contributor profile record; and wherein the database further comprises descriptor information corresponding to the contributor content records; b) obtaining a user profile record; c) obtaining a user search query; d) comparing the user search query with at least a portion of the descriptor information; e) comparing at least a portion of the user profile record with at least two contributor profile records; f) providing personalized information comprising contributor content records based upon the results of the comparisons in (d) and (e) above, wherein the user profile record and the contributor profile records each comprise a plurality of corresponding data elements, and wherein the step of comparing at least a portion of the user profile record with at least two contributor profile records comprises the steps of: