US 12,294,570 B2
Methodology for blinded messaging
Bill Mitchell, St. Louis, MO (US); Blake Ashby, Ferguson, MO (US); and Ryan Niemann, Chesterfield, MO (US)
Assigned to MYSCHOLAR, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by MyScholar, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/337,255.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/033,718, filed on Jun. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0385197 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 51/04 (2022.01); H04L 51/10 (2022.01); H04L 51/212 (2022.01); H04L 51/214 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0421 (2013.01) [H04L 51/04 (2013.01); H04L 51/10 (2013.01); H04L 51/212 (2022.05); H04L 51/214 (2022.05); H04L 63/0227 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for implementing a blinded messaging service comprising:
providing a server computer communicably coupled to a telecommunications network, said server computer programmed to provide a blinded messaging service over said telecommunications network;
providing a provider computer of at least one provider, said provider computer communicably coupled to said server computer via said telecommunications network;
providing a plurality of candidate computers, each candidate computer being a computer of a candidate and communicably coupled to said server computer via said telecommunications network;
receiving, at said computer server, for each said candidate, candidate profile data for said each candidate, said candidate profile data including Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) protected information;
receiving, at said computer server from said provider computer, a communication comprising candidate selection criteria, said candidate selection criteria comprising information about characteristics desired by said at least one provider for a candidate for an opportunity offered by said provider;
receiving, at said computer server from said provider computer; a communication comprising information about said opportunity;
said computer server determining, based on a comparison of said received candidate selection criteria to said candidate profile data for each candidate, a plurality of candidates whose candidate profiles match said received candidate selection criteria; and
for each candidate in said plurality of candidates whose candidate profile matched said received candidate selection criteria, said computer server sending to said candidate computer for said each candidate in said plurality of candidates, a copy of said received communication comprising information about said opportunity, without revealing to said provider an identity of any candidate in said plurality of candidates whose candidate profile matched said received candidate selection criteria.