US 11,720,979 B2
Computing device for facilitating electronic communication among users in a network including professional acquaintances
Grant James Ryan, Christchurch (NZ); Gary Lee Franklin, Christchurch (NZ); Julian Malcolm Cone, Christchurch (NZ); William Ferguson Stalker, Christchurch (NZ); and Derick Ian Robinson, Christchurch (NZ)
Assigned to Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/341,324.
Application 17/341,324 is a continuation of application No. 16/591,577, filed on Oct. 2, 2019, granted, now 11,069,004.
Application 16/591,577 is a continuation of application No. 16/127,185, filed on Sep. 10, 2018, abandoned.
Application 16/127,185 is a continuation of application No. 15/058,061, filed on Mar. 1, 2016, abandoned.
Application 15/058,061 is a continuation of application No. 13/950,108, filed on Jul. 24, 2013, granted, now 9,519,937, issued on Dec. 13, 2016.
Application 13/950,108 is a continuation of application No. 13/009,822, filed on Jan. 19, 2011, granted, now 8,521,817, issued on Aug. 27, 2013.
Application 13/009,822 is a continuation of application No. 10/812,789, filed on Mar. 29, 2004, granted, now 7,904,511.
Application 10/812,789 is a continuation of application No. PCT/NZ02/00199, filed on Sep. 30, 2002.
Claims priority of application No. 514368 (NZ), filed on Sep. 30, 2001; and application No. 518624 (NZ), filed on Apr. 29, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2022/0067843 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06Q 99/00 (2006.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01); H04L 51/222 (2022.01); G06Q 10/1053 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0214 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 50/01 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/1053 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0214 (2013.01); G06Q 99/00 (2013.01); H04L 51/222 (2022.05); H04L 51/52 (2022.05); H04L 63/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hardware computer readable storage device comprising software that, when executed, causes a computing device to at least:
provide at least one web form including at least one field to obtain profile information from a first user, the profile information to include name, email address, location information, academic information, and employment information;
store, in a database, a profile for the first user based on the profile information from the web form; and
provide at least one webpage including a representation of at least a portion of a social network including representation of professional acquaintances associated with the first user, and the at least one webpage including representation of a second user that is a second-degree connection of the first user via a third user that is a first-degree connection of the first user, the at least one webpage including names, professional attributes, photographs, and indication of a degree of connectedness for a plurality of professionals in the social network, the plurality of professionals connected with the first user, the at least one webpage including a link that may be selected to generate an invitation for the second user to become a first-degree connection of the first user.