Patent ID: 9141271
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: comparing, by a processor, a first plurality of attributes associated with a first plurality of respective users in a social networking system to at least one second attribute associated with a purpose; determining, by the processor from the comparing, that an attribute in the first plurality of attributes is compatible with the at least one second attribute from a comparison of metadata associated with each respective attribute, the metadata associated with the each respective attribute comprising a polarity indicator indicating whether the each respective attribute is compatible with the corresponding user or the purpose, the comparison of metadata comprising determining whether each respective attribute is compatible with the corresponding user or the purpose by determining that the polarity indicators associated with the attributes do not represent opposite polarities with respect to the corresponding user or the purpose; and based on the determining, taking action, by the processor, upon a second plurality of users that is included in the first plurality of users with respect to the purpose, the second plurality of users having respective attributes of the first plurality of attributes that are compatible with the at least one second attribute.