SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING MOBILE DEVICE USERS

• US 20110106719A1
• Filed: 12/29/2009
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Luo, Kuo-Shu, Liu, Cheng-Chang, Wang, Han-Shuo
• Application Number:
  US12/648,307
• Publication Number:
  US 20110106719A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/319
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds

Abstract

A system and a method for matching mobile device users are provided. The system includes a match server and a mobile device used by a mobile device user. The match server defines a plurality of living community regions, living community reference points, primary interest classes and detail interest classes, receives position coordinates from the mobile device, and defines a living community range of the mobile device user and infers the point of interest (POI) of the mobile device user based on the received position coordinates. Moreover, the match server generates a match list based on the living community ranges, the POIs and the personal profiles of the mobile device user and the other mobile device users, and transmits the match list to the mobile device. Accordingly, the system can effectively match the mobile device users having similar behavior patterns.

Claims

1. A system for matching mobile device users, comprising:

a mobile device, corresponding to a mobile device user; and

a match server, receiving a plurality of position coordinates of the mobile device user from the mobile device, and transmitting a match list to the mobile device, wherein the match serve comprises;

a living community range defining module, defining a plurality of living community regions and a plurality of living community reference points in each of the living community regions, and defining a living community range of the mobile device user according to the position coordinates of the mobile device user and the living community reference points and the living community regions;

a point of interest (POI) inferring module, defining a plurality of primary interest classes and a plurality of detail interest classes in each of the primary interest classes, and inferring a POI of the mobile device user according to the position coordinates of the mobile device user and the primary interest classes and the detail interest classes;

a personal profile maintaining module, providing a registration for the mobile device user, and maintaining personal profiles of the mobile device user;

a mobile device user database, storing the living community range, the POI and the personal profiles of the mobile device user, and further storing living community ranges, POIs and personal profiles of a plurality of other mobile device users;

a match engine module, calculating a match index between the mobile device user and each of the other mobile device users according to the living community range, the POI and the personal profiles of the mobile device user and the living community ranges, the POIs and the personal profiles of the other mobile device users; and

a match list transmission module, generating the match list according to the calculated match indexes, and transmitting the match list to the mobile device, wherein the personal profiles of at least one of the other mobile device users are listed in the match list.

2. The system for matching the mobile device users as claimed in claim 1, wherein the living community ranges of the mobile device user and the other mobile device users respectively correspond to at least one of the living community reference points and at least one of the living community regions.

3. The system for matching the mobile device users as claimed in claim 2, wherein the living community range defining module corresponds each of the position coordinates of the mobile device user to one of the living community reference points according to distances between each of the position coordinates of the mobile device user and the living community reference points, and the living community range defining module corresponds each of the position coordinates of the mobile device user to one of the living community regions according to distances between each of the position coordinates of the mobile device user and the living community regions.

4. The system for matching the mobile device users as claimed in claim 1, wherein the POIs of the mobile device user and the other mobile device users respectively correspond to at least one of the primary interest classes and at least one of the detail interest classes.

5. The system for matching the mobile device users as claimed in claim 4, wherein the POI inferring module corresponds each of the position coordinates of the mobile device user to one of the primary interest classes according to distances between each of the position coordinates of the mobile device user and the living community reference points, and the POI inferring module corresponds each of the position coordinates of the mobile device user to one of the detail interest classes according to distances between each of the position coordinates of the mobile device user and the living community reference points.

6. The system for matching the mobile device users as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mobile device has a positioning unit, and the positioning unit is configured for obtaining the position coordinates of the mobile device user at different time points.

7. The system for matching the mobile device users as claimed in claim 6, wherein the positioning unit is a global positioning system (UPS) receiver.

8. The system for matching the mobile device users as claimed in claim 1, wherein the personal profile maintaining module provides an interactive question and answer interface or an interactive game interface for obtaining the personal profiles of the mobile device user.

9. The system for matching the mobile device users as claimed in claim 8, further comprising a network terminal, wherein the personal profile maintaining module transmits the interactive question and answer interface or the interactive game interface to the network terminal through a network, and the mobile device user inputs the personal profiles through the interactive question and answer interface or the interactive game interface displayed on the network terminal or the mobile device.

10. The system for matching the mobile device users as claimed in claim 1, wherein the personal profiles comprise open personal profiles and closed personal profiles, and the personal profiles listed in the match list are the open personal profiles.

11. The system for matching the mobile device users as claimed in claim 10, wherein the mobile device comprises a match service module, wherein the match service module is configured for displaying the match list, and allowing the mobile device user to select at least one of the other mobile device users listed in the match list.

12. The system for matching the mobile device users as claimed in claim 11, wherein the match list transmission module transmits at least a part of the closed personal profiles of the selected other mobile device user to the mobile device according to a privacy setting set by the selected other mobile device user, and the match service module displays at least a part of the closed personal profiles of the selected other mobile device user.

13. The system for matching the mobile device users as claimed in claim 12, wherein the match list transmission module gradually transmits at least a part of the closed personal profiles of the selected other mobile device user according to the privacy setting set by the selected other mobile device user.

14. A method for matching mobile device users, comprising:

receiving a plurality of position coordinates of a mobile device user from a mobile device, wherein the mobile device is used by the mobile device user;

defining a plurality of living community regions and a plurality of living community reference points in each one of the living community regions;

defining a living community range of the mobile device user according to the position coordinates of the mobile device user and the living community reference points and the living community regions;

defining a plurality of primary interest classes and a plurality of detail interest classes in each of the primary interest classes;

inferring a POI of the mobile device user according to the position coordinates of the mobile device user and the primary interest classes and the detail interest classes;

storing the living community range, the POI and personal profiles of the mobile device user in a mobile device user database, wherein the mobile device user database further stores living community ranges, POIs and personal profiles of a plurality of other mobile device users;

calculating a match index between the mobile device user and each of the other mobile device users according to the living community range, the POI and the personal profiles of the mobile device user and the living community ranges, the POIs and the personal profiles of the other mobile device users;

generating a match list according to the calculated match indexes, wherein the personal profiles of at least one of the other mobile device users are listed in the match list; and

transmitting the match list to the mobile device.

15. The method for matching mobile device users as claimed in claim 14, further comprising respectively corresponding the living community ranges of the mobile device user and the other mobile device users to at least one of the living community reference points and at least one of the living community regions.

16. The method for matching mobile device users as claimed in claim 15, wherein the step of defining the living community range of the mobile device user according to the position coordinates of the mobile device user and the defined living community reference points and the living community regions comprises:

corresponding each of the position coordinates of the mobile device user to one of the living community reference points according to distances between each of the position coordinates of the mobile device user and the living community reference points; and

corresponding each of the position coordinates of the mobile device user to one of the living community regions according to distances between each of the position coordinates of the mobile device user and the living community regions.

17. The method for matching mobile device users as claimed in claim 14, further comprising respectively corresponding the POIs of the mobile device user and the other mobile device users to at least one of the primary interest classes and at least one of the detail interest classes.

18. The method for matching mobile device users as claimed in claim 17, wherein the step of inferring the POI of the mobile device user according to the position coordinates of the mobile device user and the defined primary interest classes and the detail interest classes comprises:

corresponding each of the position coordinates of the mobile device user to one of the primary interest classes according to distances between each of the position coordinates of the mobile device user and the living community reference points; and

corresponding each of the position coordinates of the mobile device user to one of the detail interest classes according to distances between each of the position coordinates of the mobile device user and the living community reference points.

19. The method for matching mobile device users as claimed in claim 14, further comprising obtaining the position coordinates of the mobile device user by the mobile device at different time points.

20. The method for matching mobile device users as claimed in claim 19, wherein the step of obtaining the position coordinates of the mobile device user by the mobile device at different time points comprises:

obtaining the position coordinates of the mobile device user by the mobile device through a global positioning system (GPS).

21. The method for matching mobile device users as claimed in claim 14, further comprising providing an interactive question and answer interface or an interactive game interface for obtaining the personal profiles of the mobile device user.

22. The method for matching mobile device users as claimed in claim 14, wherein the personal profiles comprise open personal profiles and closed personal profiles, and the personal profiles listed in the match list are the open personal profiles.

23. The method for matching mobile device users as claimed in claim 22, further comprising displaying the match list by the mobile device.

24. The method for matching mobile device users as claimed in claim 23, further comprising selecting at least one of the other mobile device users listed in the match list by the mobile device user.

25. The method for matching mobile device users as claimed in claim 24, further comprising:

transmitting at least a part of the closed personal profiles of the selected other mobile device user to the mobile device according to a privacy setting set by the selected other mobile device user; and

displaying at least a part of the closed personal profiles of the selected other mobile device user by the mobile device.

26. The method for matching mobile device users as claimed in claim 25, wherein the step of transmitting at least a part of the closed personal profiles of the selected other mobile device user to the mobile device according to the privacy setting set by the selected other mobile device user comprises:

gradually transmitting at least a part of the closed personal profiles of the selected other mobile device user according to the privacy setting set by the selected other mobile device user.