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Method for improving user success rates in personals sites

  • US 20060106780A1
  • Filed: 10/24/2005
  • Published: 05/18/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of increasing the likelihood of a first group of users of an online community meeting sought-after members of a second group of users of said online community in which the members of said second group of users possesses characteristics desired by members of said first group of users, and where members of said first group of users possess characteristics desired by members of the said second group of users, comprising the steps of:

  • designating an initial affinity group of users of said. online community in which said initial affinity group of users is to consist of a first set of users and a second set of users, wherein said first set of users is to consist of users from said first group of users and wherein said second set of users is to consist of users from said second group of users;

    selecting members of said initial affinity group of users from said first group of users and said second group of users based upon a comparison of the characteristics of said first group of users to the characteristics of said second group of users, where after such comparison, the members of said initial affinity group are selected so that said first set of users consists of users with characteristics sought by users of said second set of users and said second set of users consists of users with characteristics sought by users of said first set of users;

    delivering a notice to said initial affinity group of users inviting said initial affinity group of users to a conferencing session, said conferencing session to be divided into a plurality of sub-sessions, and receiving responses from the users of said initial affinity group indicating their desire to participate in said conferencing session;

    building a final affinity group consisting of the users of said initial affinity group who have indicated an interest in participating in said conferencing session, said final affinity group consisting of the users of said first set of users and said second set of users who have indicated an interest in participating in said conferencing session;

    placing each user of said first set of users into an interactive setting, using said conferencing computer hardware and software, with a user of said second set of users for the duration of one of said conferencing sub-sessions, in which the placement is determined according to a pairing methodology;

    allowing the users, upon the conclusion of their said conferencing sub-session, to submit a rating of the user with whom they had interacted with in their said conferencing sub-session according to a ranking scale;

    placing each user of said first set of users in a subsequent interactive setting, using said conferencing computer hardware and software, with another user of said second set of users for the duration of one of said conferencing sub-sessions, in which the placement is determined according to a pairing methodology, thereupon allowing each user, upon the conclusion of their subsequent sub-session, to rate the user with whom they had interacted with in said subsequent conferencing sub-session according to a ranking scale, and continuing this step until said conferencing session has ended;

    calculating a final rank of the users with whom each user was paired during said conferencing session, said final rank calculated from said ratings submitted by each user according to said ranking scale;

    presenting the final rankings of the users with whom each user was paired during said conferencing session to the user who had submitted said ratings, including the optional sub-step of presenting the user'"'"'s rating, as calculated by the users with whom the user was paired during said conferencing session, to the user;

    optionally allowing two users who had been paired during said conferencing session to initiate a new conferencing session if said two users who had been paired during said conferencing session submitted high ratings;

    allowing users to submit an indication of interest in meeting a plurality of the users with whom each user was paired during said conferencing session;

    optionally allowing users to schedule future meetings with any one of the plurality of the users with whom each user was paired during said conferencing session; and

    optionally notifying users not pleased with the users with whom they had been paired of future conferencing sessions.

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