METHOD FOR MATCHING PEOPLE

• US 20110082885A1
• Filed: 10/07/2009
• Published: 04/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saar Wilf
• Original Assignee: Saar Wilf
• Inventors: WILF, Saar
• Granted Patent: US 8,195,673 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/780
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions

Abstract

It is provided a method of matching several pairs out of a plurality of persons. The method includes receiving from the persons personal opinions on other persons, based on at least a collaborative filtering algorithm, calculating from the personal opinions a first estimated opinion of a first person on a second person and a second estimated opinion of the second person on the first person, and matching the first person and the second person in accordance with the estimated opinions. The method may include connecting the first person and the second person for a predetermined time duration. The first and second estimated opinions may be, respectively, the estimated probability that the first person wants to be matched to the second person, and the estimated probability that the second person wants to be matched to the first person. The matching of the first person and the second person is done in accordance with the result of the multiplication of the probabilities. The order of matching may be determined in accordance with a difference between a highest multiplication result of a person in a pair with any other person and the second highest multiplication result said person has in a different pair.

Claims

1. A method of matching one or more pairs out of four or more persons, the method comprising:

a. receiving from the persons three or more personal opinions on other persons of the four or more persons;

b. based on at least a collaborative filtering algorithm, calculating from the personal opinions a first estimated opinion of a first person on a second person and a second estimated opinion of the second person on the first person, said collaborative filtering algorithm being a method of estimating opinion of a person on a certain object based on opinions of said person on other objects, and opinions of other persons on said certain object and some of said other objects; and

c. matching the first person and the second person in accordance with said first and second estimated opinions.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising connecting the first person and the second person.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said connecting is limited to a predetermined time duration.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein said connecting is done using a communications channel selected from the group of channels consisting of text chat over internet protocol, voice over internet protocol, video over internet protocol, and electronic mail.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising receiving a first personal opinion of the first person on the second person and a second personal opinion of the second person on the first person.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising providing mutual communication details to said first person and to said second person in accordance with said first personal opinion and said second personal opinion

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said communication details are selected from the group consisting of:

electronic mail address, phone number, instant messaging address and physical address.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein said first estimated opinion is the estimated probability that the first person wants to be matched to the second person, and said second estimated opinion is the estimated probability that the second person wants to be matched to the first person.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein said matching of said first person and said second person is done in accordance with the result of the multiplication of said probabilities.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein order of matching is determined in accordance with a difference between a highest multiplication result of a person in a pair with any other person and the second highest multiplication result said person has in a different pair.

11. A program storage device readable by a computerized apparatus, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the computerized apparatus to perform the method of claim 1.

12. A computerized system for matching one or more pairs out of four or more persons, the persons communicating with the system using a wide area network, the system configured:

(a) to receive from the persons three or more personal opinions on other persons of the three or more persons;

(b) to calculate from the personal opinions a first estimated opinion of a first person on a second person and a second estimated opinion of the second person on the first person, based on at least a collaborative filtering algorithm, said collaborative filtering algorithm being a method of estimating opinion of a person on a certain object based on opinions of said person on other objects, and opinions of other persons on said certain object and some of said other objects; and

(c) to match the first person and the second person in accordance with said first and second estimated opinions.