Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for identifying and representing potential next positions based on current position of user of an opportunity network system, the method including: (a) collecting and pre-analysing a comprehensive database of resumes or profiles of users, (b) extracting normalized entity information from resumes or profiles about backgrounds of users, (c) normalizing of the entity information of the users using at least one of machine learning techniques or statistical techniques to obtain normalized entity information, (d) identifying a comprehensive set of possible subsequent positions for the user based on the current position, (e) generating a position-detail profile for one or more of possible subsequent positions based on the profiles of people who are currently in that position or who may have previously worked at the position, and (f) determining a degree of match between resume or profile information of the user and at least one the position-detail profile of the target positi

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for identifying, ordering, and contacting candidates for a target position based on a position detail profile for the target position. The method includes determining a position detail profile for the target position based on background details of users currently in a role corresponding to the target position, automatically determining a set of position-detail keywords for a search query to find one or more candidates for the target position, automatically prioritizing the set of position-detail keywords based on at least one of a frequency of occurrence of the keywords in the background details of the users currently to obtain a prioritized set of keywords, executing a search query based on the prioritized set of keywords to obtain a candidate list, determining a compatibility score between candidates in the candidate list, ordering the candidate list based on the compatibility scores of candidates.

Abstract: A method of communicating messages between a sender and a recipient using a communications protocol over a data network, which includes: (a) receiving communication preferences specified by the recipient that includes constraints required to be met for delivery of a message, (ii) publishing the profile with visible preferences from the communication preferences of the recipient when the sender selects the recipient to send the message, (iii) processing a request received from the sender to send the message to the recipient, (iv) generating a customized message form based on the communication preferences of the recipient to enable the sender to compose the message, (v) providing an indication to the sender if any of the constraints are not met, and (vi) delivering the message to the recipient when the constraints specified by the recipient and any constraints applied by a messaging system are met by the message.