Matching Website with Context Sensitive Profiling
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1. A method of providing an online matching service, comprising:
- allowing a first user to post a first personal profile;
allowing a second user to view at least part of the first personal profile and allowing the second user to electronically communicate with the first user;
analyzing the electronic communication between the first and second user to extract information about the first user; and
updating the first personal profile to a second personal profile using the extracted information.
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Abstract
An online matching service provides a personal profile of at least one subscriber, wherein the personal profile is preferably automatically updated using information that is extracted from electronic communication between the subscriber and another person using the service. While in some aspects a person reviews the electronic communication to update the personal profile, other embodiments employ context sensitive text analysis algorithms.
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1. A method of providing an online matching service, comprising:
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allowing a first user to post a first personal profile; allowing a second user to view at least part of the first personal profile and allowing the second user to electronically communicate with the first user; analyzing the electronic communication between the first and second user to extract information about the first user; and updating the first personal profile to a second personal profile using the extracted information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of modifying a personal profile in an online matching service, comprising:
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allowing a first user and a second user to electronically communicate via a remote computer wherein at least one of the first and the second user has a personal profile; analyzing the electronic communication between the first and second user to extract information about at least one of the first and second user; and modifying the at least one personal profile using the information. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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