METHODS FOR ON LINE DATING

• US 20140258260A1
• Filed: 03/11/2013
• Published: 09/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sabrina Rayborn
• Original Assignee: Sabrina Rayborn
• Inventors: Rayborn, Sabrina
• Application Number:
  US13/794,711
• Publication Number:
  US 20140258260A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/707
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services

Abstract

A dating search method includes extracting dating query information based on input from a user; pruning a list of dating sites based on which of the dating sites can provide a search result to a search request based on the query information to automatically generate a list of at least two dating sites to search; transmitting to at least two dating sites, a search request based on the query information, where each dating site is associated with a respective one of the pruned suppliers, and wherein each dating site performs a search and produces at least one search result; receiving, at least one search result from a first one of the dating sites and at least one search result from a second one of the dating sites; and incrementally transmitting the search results to the user, such that the search result from the first one of the dating sites which is received before the search result from the second one of the dating sites is presented to the user before the search result from the second one of the dating sites.

Claims

1. A dating search method, comprising:

extracting dating query information based on input from a user;

pruning a list of dating sites based on which of the dating sites can provide a search result to a search request based on the query information to automatically generate a list of at least two dating sites to search;

transmitting to at least two dating sites, a search request based on the query information, where each dating site is associated with a respective one of the pruned suppliers, and wherein each dating site performs a search and produces at least one search result;

receiving, at least one search result from a first one of the dating sites and at least one search result from a second one of the dating sites; and

incrementally transmitting the search results to the user, such that the search result from the first one of the dating sites which is received before the search result from the second one of the dating sites is presented to the user before the search result from the second one of the dating sites.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising searching for a date, relationship or friend through multiple available dating and social networking websites.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising searching multiple websites at the same time for a date, relationship or friend.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising searching for desired characteristics and traits, and returning a list of results drawn from multiple dating and social media network websites.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising providing links to user profiles on more than one dating/social media network site at a time in order to increase effectiveness of dating results.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising linking a user to be linked to websites that contain the results that match one or more search criteria, and then allowing the user access to the websites that contain the results of their search.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising providing a template for creating a temporary user profile when required.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising providing user information extracted from the temporary user profile to populate other dating websites that host searched results when required.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the search results from the second one of the dating sites is added to a presentation representation which includes the search result from the first one of the searched dating sites.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the search results are incrementally transmitted to the user as the search result are received.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising filtering the received search results to select at least a portion of the search results to be transmitted to the user based on the input from the user.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the filtering comprises assigning a score to each search result and not transmitting to the user each search result having an assigned score below a first threshold.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the filtering comprises transmitting to the user, upon being received, each search result having an assigned score above a second threshold.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting to at least two dating sites a search request produces a plurality of search results from each of the dating sites.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the extracting, pruning, transmitting, and receiving is performed in real time.

17. The system of claim 15, comprising searching for a date, relationship or friend through multiple available dating and social networking websites.

18. The system of claim 15, comprising searching multiple websites at the same time for a date, relationship or friend.

19. The system of claim 15, comprising searching for desired characteristics and traits, and returning a list of results drawn from multiple dating and social media network websites.

20. The system of claim 15, comprising linking a user to websites containing results that match one or more search criteria, and then allowing the user access to the websites that contain the results of the search.

16. A computer system, comprising:

a processor; and

computer readable code executed by the processor for;

extracting dating query information based on input from a user;

pruning a list of dating sites based on which of the dating sites can provide a search result to a search request based on the query information to automatically generate a list of at least two dating sites to search;

transmitting to at least two dating sites, a search request based on the query information, where each dating site is associated with a respective one of the pruned suppliers, and wherein each dating site performs a search and produces at least one search result;

receiving, at least one search result from a first one of the dating sites and at least one search result from a second one of the dating sites; and

incrementally transmitting the search results to the user, such that the search result from the first one of the dating sites which is received before the search result from the second one of the dating sites is presented to the user before the search result from the second one of the dating sites.