专利名称：Method and apparatus for mapping a
community through user interactions on acomputer network
发明人：Wallace Colyer,Tapan Bhat,Charles DiFatta,
III,David J. Stubenvoll,Fangyao Zhen
申请号：US09684547申请日：20001006公开号：US06745196B1公开日：20040601
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摘要：A system for building a database that stores information representative of the
organizational structure of a community of users of a computer network is disclosed. Thesystem uses an online computer applications service that facilitates the initiation andcompletion of transactions between users in the community. Initially, a first user from thecommunity registers on the computer applications service and information
representative of the first user is stored in the database. Next, a first transaction record iscreated in the database from information inputted by the first registered user. The firsttransaction record includes at least one field representing an identity of a firstunregistered user in the community, a field representing a role of the first registereduser in the first transaction, and a field representing a role of the first unregistered userin the first transaction. After creation of the first transaction record, the first
unregistered user is invited to register with the service when information representativeof the first transaction is sent to the first unregistered user. In response to this invitation,the first unregistered user registers with the service and information representative ofthe first unregistered user is stored in the database, thereby transforming the firstunregistered user into a second registered user. After registration of the second user,further users from the community are invited onto the service and registered on thedatabase by repeating the above process.
申请人：INTUIT, INC.
代理机构：Fenwick & West LLP
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