US 12,002,113 B2
Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for leveraging data
Vince Scafaria, Colts Neck, NJ (US)
Assigned to DotAlign, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed by DotAlign, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/487,873.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/322,534, filed on Apr. 14, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2017/0301040 A1, Oct. 19, 2017
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/00 (2023.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); H04L 67/14 (2022.01); H04L 69/14 (2022.01); G06Q 10/1053 (2023.01); G06Q 10/1093 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 50/01 (2013.01) [H04L 67/14 (2013.01); H04L 69/14 (2013.01); G06Q 10/1053 (2013.01); G06Q 10/1095 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of sharing, the method comprising:
receiving, by a server not publicly accessible, a description from a publisher, wherein the description is one of a job posting, an introduction request, or opportunity;
verifying that a plurality of user equipments (UEs) meet accessibility criteria;
transmitting from the server to the plurality of (UEs, the description, the UEs each having a different plurality of connection data of their respective user;
determining, by each one of the UEs, a subset of the plurality of connection data based on having a correspondence between the description and the UEs' plurality of connection data, wherein the determining comprises ranking each one of plurality of connection data based on (i) a similarity to the description, and (ii) a connectedness to the UEs' plurality of connection data;
receiving, by the server from each one of the UEs, the subset of the plurality of connection data from the UEs;
automatically determining, by the server, a subgroup of the subset of the plurality of connection data from each one of the UEs, wherein the determining comprises a second ranking of each one of the plurality of connection data;
in response to the determining the subgroup, automatically providing, by the UEs, an option to share with the publisher the subset of the plurality of connection data that are included in the subgroup of the subset of the plurality of connection data from each one of the UEs that include a correspondence above a predetermined threshold based on the second ranking; and
transmit, by the server, the subgroup of the plurality of connection data to the publisher in response to each one of the UEs responding to the option as deciding to share.