Systems and Methods for Online Ad Hoc Matching

• US 20130166643A1
• Filed: 12/22/2011
• Published: 06/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: eHarmony Incorporated (ParshipMeet Holding GmbH)
• Original Assignee: eHarmony Incorporated (ParshipMeet Holding GmbH)
• Inventors: Essas, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US13/335,773
• Publication Number:
  US 20130166643A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

The invention is generally directed to systems and methods for operation of a match service, and more particularly to systems and methods that enable online ad hoc matching between two or more subscribers. If a first subscriber to a match service identifies a second subscriber, in a preferred embodiment, the first subscriber can obtain the second subscriber'"'"'s electronic match profile data and initiate an ad hoc compatibility analysis to assess compatibility.

Claims

1. A computer-based system for enabling an ad hoc interpersonal relationship analysis, comprising:

a source computing device, operatively coupled to a public network, having a first match profile identification associated with said source computing device'"'"'s user;

a target computing device, operatively coupled to the public network, having a second match profile identification associated with said target computing device'"'"'s user; and

a matching server system, operatively coupled to the public network, having a database that stores match profile data associated with the first and second match profile identifications;

wherein the source computing device is configured to retrieve the second match profile identification from the target computing device and transmit the first and second match profile identifications to the matching server system via the public network; and

further wherein the matching server system is configured to receive the first and second match profile identifications via the public network from the source computing device;

query and correlate the match profile data associated with the first and second match profile identifications;

compute one or more compatibility values from the correlation of the match profile data associated with the first and second match profiles identifications; and

transmit said one or more compatibility values to the source computing device via said public network.

2. The computer-based system of claim 1, wherein the source and target computing devices are mobile wireless computing devices.

3. The computer-based system of claim 2, wherein the system further includes a location server system operatively coupled to the public network, and wherein the source computing device retrieves the second match profile identification from the target computing device by identifying the target computing device'"'"'s location via the location server system and initiating a communications session with the target computing device.