1. A method comprising:
(a) receiving, at one or more computers from a requestor device, a request for one or more educational institution matches;
(b) obtaining, at the one or more computers via an interface, user information associated with a user of the requestor device, the user information comprising
(1) user identification data including information identifying the user;
(2) demographic data including information identifying demographic data related to the user;
(3) location data including information indicating one or more addresses associated with the user;
(4) education data including information indicating educational background of the user;
(5) education preference data including information indicating educational preferences for the user; and
(6) contact data including information indicating contact information for the user;
(c) accessing, by the one or more computers, one or more electronic databases stored on one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media and operatively connected to the one or more computers, the one or more databases comprising information for a plurality of educational institutions, including for the respective institutions:
(1) user educational identification data including information identifying the user;
(2) education location data including information identifying one or more locations associated with the respective educational institution;
(3) education program data including information related to education programs associated with the respective educational institution;
(4) education requirements data including information indicating admission requirements and admission preferences for respective educational institution;
(5) representative data including information indicating representatives for the respective educational institution; and
(6) appointment data including information indicating scheduled and available times;
(d) determining, by the one or more computers, based at least in part on the obtained user information, one or more educational institutions as matches;
(e) providing, by the one or more computers, the one or more education institution matches as selectable options to the requestor device via the interface;
(f) transmitting, by the one or more computers to one or more computers associated with each of the matched educational institutions, a notification to each of the educational institution matches, the notification including a message indicating that the educational institution matches a prospect;
(g) obtaining, at the one or more computers from the requestor device via the interface, a selection of an educational institution;
(h) providing, by the one or more computers to the requestor device, an option to schedule an appointment with a third party representative that is not affiliated with the selected educational institution;
(i) receiving, at the one or more computers from the requestor device, a request to schedule an appointment with the third party representative;
(j) determining, by the one or more computers, one or more available appointment times for the selected educational institution;
(k) transmitting, by the one or more computers, a request to select one or more appointment times for the selected educational institution;
(l) upon the condition that an appointment time is selected, transmitting, by the one or more computers to one or more computers associated with the selected educational institution, a confirmation-seeking message requesting confirmation of the selected appointment time with a designated representative of the selected educational institution;
(m) obtaining, at the one or more computers, a message indicating confirmation of the appointment time by selected educational institution with a designated representative;
(n) transmitting, by the one or more computers, a confirmation message to the requestor device confirming the date, time, location;
(o) transmitting, by the one or more computers to the requestor device via the interface, directions to the selected educational institution; and
(p) transmitting, by the one or more computers, a request to a third party service to cause a map illustrating the directions to be displayed on the interface on the requestor device.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
(q) transmitting, by the one or more computers to the requestor device, a reminder notification regarding the confirmed appointment.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtained user’s education data comprises at least one of a high school, college, or postgraduate school attendance dates.
4. The method of claim 1, the education data further comprises one or more degrees completed by the user to the extent they exist.
5. The method of claim 3, the education data further comprises the user’s grade point average in at least one of high school, college, or postgraduate school.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the provided matches is sponsored match.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the third party representative is an educational advisor.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
(r) upon the condition that an appointment time is not selected, receiving, at the one or more computers from the requestor device, a request to contact a representative of the selected educational institution;
(s) determining, at the one or more computers, the representative of the selected educational institution;
(t) connecting, by the one or more computers, the determined representative with the requestor device.
9. A system comprising:
one or more data processing apparatus; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the one or more data processing apparatus having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more data processing apparatus, cause the one or more data processing apparatus to perform a method comprising:
(a) receiving, from a requestor device, a request for one or more educational institution matches;
(b) obtaining, via an interface, user information associated with a user of the requestor device, the user information comprising
(1) user identification data including information identifying the user;
(2) demographic data including information identifying demographic data related to the user;
(3) location data including information indicating one or more addresses associated with the user;
(4) education data including information indicating educational background of the user;
(5) education preference data including information indicating educational preferences for the user; and
(6) contact data including information indicating contact information for the user;
(c) accessing one or more electronic databases stored on the one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media, the one or more databases comprising information for a plurality of educational institutions, including for the respective institutions:
(1) user educational identification data including information identifying the user;
(2) education location data including information identifying one or more locations associated with the respective educational institution;
(3) education program data including information related to education programs associated with the respective educational institution;
(4) education requirements data including information indicating admission requirements and admission preferences for respective educational institution;
(5) representative data including information indicating representatives for the respective educational institution; and
(6) appointment data including information indicating scheduled and available times;
(d) determining, based at least in part on the obtained user information, one or more educational institutions as matches;
(e) providing the one or more education institution matches as selectable options to the requestor device via the interface;
(f) transmitting to one or more computers associated with each of the matched educational institutions, a notification to each of the educational institution matches, the notification including a message indicating that the educational institution matches a prospect;
(g) obtaining, from the requestor device via the interface, a selection of an educational institution;
(h) determining one or more available appointment times for the selected educational institution;
(i) obtaining a selection of one or more appointment times for the selected educational institution;
(j) transmitting, to one or more computers associated with the selected educational institution, a confirmation-seeking message requesting confirmation of the selected appointment time with a designated representative of the selected educational institution;
(k) obtaining a message indicating confirmation of the appointment time by selected educational institution with a designated representative;
(l) transmitting a confirmation message to the requestor device confirming the date, time, location;
(m) transmitting, to the requestor device via the interface, directions to the selected educational institution; and
(n) transmitting a request to a third party service to cause a map illustrating the directions to be displayed on the interface on the requestor device.
10. The system of claim 9, further comprising:
(o) transmitting, by the one or more computer’s to the requestor device, a reminder notification regarding the confirmed appointment.
11. The system of claim 9, wherein the obtained user’s education data comprises at least one of a high school, college, or postgraduate school attendance dates.
12. The system of claim 9, wherein the education data further comprises one or more degrees completed by the user to the extent they exist.
13. The system of claim 11, wherein the education data further comprises the user’s grade point average in at least one of high school, college, or postgraduate school.
14. The system of claim 9, wherein at least one of the provided matches is a sponsored match.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
a housing comprising a body fabricated at least partially from a dielectric material, the housing body having an opening therein; and
an electrical contact held by the housing, the electrical contact comprising an intermediate portion and a spring portion each held at least partially within the opening, the spring portion of the electrical contact being engaged by the housing body such that the spring portion is deflected into shorting engagement with the intermediate portion of the electrical contact.
2. The electrical connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the housing body comprises a shoulder, the opening communicating with the shoulder, the spring portion of the electrical contact engaging the shoulder such that the spring portion is deflected into shorting engagement with the intermediate portion of the electrical contact.
3. The electrical connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the housing body comprises a shoulder, the opening communicating with the shoulder, the spring portion of electrical contact comprising an extension that engages the shoulder such that the spring portion is deflected into shorting engagement with the intermediate portion of the electrical contact.
4. The electrical connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the housing body comprises a pair of opposite shoulders, the opening communicating with the opposite pair of shoulder, the spring portion of the electrical contact comprising a pair of opposite extensions that each engage a corresponding one of the opposite pair of shoulders such that the spring portion is deflected into shorting engagement with the intermediate portion of the electrical contact.
5. The electrical connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate portion of the electrical contact extends between mating and mounting contact portions of the electrical contact, the mating contact portion being configured to electrically connect to a first electrical component and the mounting contact portion being configured to electrically connect to a second electrical component.
6. The electrical connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the electrical contact includes mating and mounting contact portions of the electrical contact, the mating contact portion being configured to electrically connect to a first electrical component and the mounting contact portion being configured to electrically connect to a second electrical component, the spring portion of the electrical contact comprising the mating contact portion.
7. The electrical connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the spring portion of the electrical contact comprises an end portion of the electrical contact.
8. The electrical connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the electrical contact includes a mounting contact portion configured to electrically connect to an electrical component using at least one of a press-fit arrangement, a surface mount arrangement, and a solder tail arrangement.
9. The electrical connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate portion of the electrical contact comprises an extension that engages the housing body to facilitate at least one of preventing and reducing movement of the intermediate portion when the spring portion is deflected into shorting engagement with the intermediate portion.
10. The electrical connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate portion of the electrical contact comprises a pair of opposite extensions that engage the housing body to facilitate at least one of preventing and reducing movement of the intermediate portion when the spring portion is deflected into shorting engagement with the intermediate portion.
11. A socket connector assembly for connecting a module card to a circuit board, said socket connector comprising:
a housing having a body extending along a longitudinal axis between opposite ends, the housing body including a mounting face configured for mounting on the circuit board and a slot configured to receive a mating edge of the module card, the housing body having a plurality of openings therein; and
a plurality of electrical contacts held by the housing, each electrical contact comprising an intermediate portion and a spring portion each held at least partially within the corresponding opening, the spring portion of each of the electrical contacts being engaged by the housing body such that the spring portion is deflected into shorting engagement with the intermediate portion of the same electrical contact.
12. The socket connector assembly according to claim 11, wherein the housing body comprises a plurality of shoulders, each opening communicating with at least one corresponding shoulder, the spring portion of each of the electrical contacts engaging at least one corresponding shoulder such that the spring portion is deflected into shorting engagement with the intermediate portion of the same electrical contact.
13. The socket connector assembly according to claim 11, wherein the housing body comprises a plurality of shoulders, each opening communicating with at least one corresponding shoulder, the spring portion of each of the electrical contacts comprising an extension that engages at least one corresponding shoulder such that the spring portion is deflected into shorting engagement with the intermediate portion of the same electrical contact.
14. The socket connector assembly according to claim 11, wherein the housing body comprises a plurality of shoulders, each opening communicating with a corresponding opposite pair of the shoulders, the spring portion of each of the electrical contacts comprising a pair of opposite extensions that each engage a corresponding one of the corresponding opposite pair of shoulders such that the spring portion is deflected into shorting engagement with the intermediate portion of the same electrical contact.
15. The socket connector assembly according to claim 11, wherein the intermediate portion of each electrical contact extends between mating and mounting contact portions of the electrical contact, the mating contact portion being configured to electrically connect to the module card and the mounting contact portion being configured to electrically connect to the circuit board.
16. The socket connector assembly according to claim 11, wherein each electrical contact includes mating and mounting contact portions of the electrical contact, the mating contact portion being configured to electrically connect to the module card and the mounting contact portion being configured to electrically connect to the circuit board, the spring portion of each electrical contact comprising the mating contact portion of the electrical contact.
17. The socket connector assembly according to claim 11, wherein the spring portion of each electrical contact comprises an end portion of the electrical contact.
18. The socket connector assembly according to claim 11, wherein each electrical contact includes a mounting contact portion configured to electrically connect to the circuit board using at least one of a press-fit arrangement, a surface mount arrangement, and a solder tail arrangement.
19. The socket connector assembly according to claim 11, wherein the intermediate portion of each electrical contact comprises an extension that engages the housing body to facilitate at least one of preventing and reducing movement of the intermediate portion when the spring portion is deflected into shorting engagement with the intermediate portion.
20. A socket connector assembly for connecting a module card to a circuit board, said socket connector comprising:
a housing extending along a longitudinal axis between opposite ends, the housing including a mounting face configured for mounting on the circuit board and a slot configured to receive a mating edge of the module card, the housing having an opening therein; and
an electrical contact held by the housing, the electrical contact comprising an intermediate portion and a spring portion each held at least partially within the opening, the housing deflecting the spring portion of the electrical contact from a non-shorting position to a shorting position wherein the spring portion of the electrical contact is in shorting engagement with the intermediate portion of the electrical contact, the spring portion of the electrical contact being in shorting engagement with the intermediate portion of the electrical contact before the mating edge of the module card is inserted within the slot.