Apparatus and method for matching groups to users for online communities and computer simulations

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10835816
APP PUB NO 20190076733A1
SERIAL NO

16190709

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A method includes detecting a first group seeking members, detecting one or more users seeking to join a group, retrieving group parameters corresponding to the first group, and retrieving user parameters corresponding to each of the one or more users. The group parameters may include group characteristic data and group requirements. For each user of the one or more users, the group parameters corresponding to the first group are compared against the user parameters corresponding to the user. A score is determined for each of the one or more users based on the comparing. One or more selected users of the one or more users is recommended to the first group at least in part based on the score. One or more computer programs may be adapted to execute the above steps, and a processor may be configured to perform the above steps.

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  • SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Buhr, Brian Douglas San Diego, US 9 146
Santhosh, Sreelata Carlsbad, US 8 174

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