Patent ID: 8417785

Claim:
A method of inducing social interaction among users of an electronic communication network, the method comprising: analyzing behavior data associated with a first user of an electronic communication network to identify activities of interest to said first user, locations frequented by said first user, and patterns of activity of said first user, thereby producing a first behavioral profile of said first user; analyzing behavior data associated with a second user of said electronic communication network to identify interests of said second user, locations frequented by said second user, and patterns of activity of said second user, thereby producing a second behavioral profile of said second user; identifying a target time-slot common to schedules of said first and second users during which the first and second users are available; identifying as a target activity-of-interest one of said activities known to be of interest to both said first user and said second user; identifying a target location proximate to any of said locations in each of said behavioral profiles; and sending to the first and second users invitations to engage in said target activity-of-interest in said target time-slot at said target location, wherein said analyzing, identifying, and sending steps are performed by an entity other than said first and second users.