Method of tracking participants'behavior in a computerized dating or matchmaking service to determine underlying feature preferences that are used to rank matches based on level of compatibility

• US 20020040310A1
• Filed: 09/17/2001
• Published: 04/04/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aaron Lieben, David Sals
• Original Assignee: Aaron Lieben, David Sals
• Inventors: Lieben, Aaron, Sals, David
• Application Number:
  US09/954,931
• Publication Number:
  US 20020040310A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A method of tracking participants'"'"' behavior in a computerized dating or matchmaking service to determine selection preferences that are utilized to rank matches with other participants based on level of compatibility, comprising; creating personal profiles by a first and a second participant; selecting or rejecting the second participant for communication by the first participant; and calculating a compatibility score between the first participant and the second participant and/or a plurality of other participant'"'"'s by comparing the first participants'"'"' statistics as determined by choices made by the first participant with the second participant and/or the plurality of other participants.

Claims

1. A method of tracking participants'"'"' behavior in a computerized dating or matchmaking service to determine selection preferences that are utilized to rank matches with other participants based on level of compatibility, comprising:

creating personal profiles by a first and a second participant;

selecting, rejecting or expressing interest in said second participant for communication by said first participant; and

calculating a compatibility score between said first participant and said second participant and/or a plurality of other participant'"'"'s by comparing said first participants'"'"' statistics as determined by choices made by said first participant with said second participant and/or said plurality of other participants;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a scoring weight is calculated for each answer given to a question in a participants'"'"' individual profile.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a match score is calculated between said first participant and said second participant.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a match score is calculated between said first participant and said plurality of other participants.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein statistics of a participant are updated every time he or she rejects or selects another participant for communication.

6. A method for creating a compatibility score between participants in a computerized dating service;

comprising,

comparing a first person'"'"'s statistics with other participants'"'"'profile answers and then comparing said other participants'"'"'statistics with said first person'"'"'s profile answers;

tracking statistics by keeping a tally of all possible answers that can appear in a profile and then increasing them when an answer matches the profile of a selected person or decreasing them when an answer matches the profile of a rejected person; and

selecting a participant to communicate with, when one participant chooses to contact another or, when a participant is contacted by another participant and respondeds ‘

yes’

;

or rejecting said participant to communicate with, when a participant indicates that he or she is not interested in corresponding.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said selecting a participant to communicate with is determined by looking at a list of prospects, an individual profile, or when a participant receives and introduction or communication.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein a scoring weight is calculated for each answer given to a question in a participants'"'"' individual profile.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein a match score is calculated between said first participant and said second participant.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein a match score is calculated between said first participant and said plurality of other participants.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein statistics of a participant are updated every time he or she rejects or selects another participant for communication.

12. A method utilizing the selection and/or rejection behavior of participants of a matchmaking service to calculate compatibility scores between all matching participants of the service, comprising:

comparing a first person'"'"'s statistics with a second participants'"'"' profile answers and then comparing said second participants'"'"' statistics with said first person'"'"'s profile answers;

tracking statistics by keeping a tally of possible answers that can appear in a profile and then increasing them when an answer matches the profile of a selected person or decreasing them when an answer matches the profile of a rejected person; and

selecting a participant to communicate with, when one participant chooses to contact another or when a participant is contacted by another participant and responded ‘

yes’

;

or rejecting said participant to communicate with, when a participant indicates that he or she is not interested in corresponding.