Personal contact "ice breaker"
First Claim
1. A method of facilitating contact between members of two different groups of persons comprising the steps of:
- (a) assigning two groups of devices to respective members of the two groups of persons, each device in each group being capable of communicating with any device in the other group when the two devices are in proximity to each other,(b) for two devices in different groups that are in proximity to each other, making a decision that is at least partly random whether the two persons to whom those devices are assigned should make contact, the decision being at least partly random in the sense that any repeated set of conditions can give rise to different decisions, and(c) in accordance with said decision, controlling at least one of the two devices to provide an indication whether said two persons should make contact.
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Abstract
A set of badges is distributed at a party to help attending party-goers "break the ice" with members of the opposite sex. Each girl at the party is given a badge of one type, and each boy is given a badge of another type. Each badge has a light that can blink, but it is normally off. Each badge transmits a contact signal that is picked up by any opposite-type badge that is in proximity with it. If the two badges blink, indicating a match, the facing boy and girl must start talking to each other. Either both badges will blink or neither will, but whether or not they blink is based on chance. Each party-goer is given a hidden remote control which, when turned on, increases the probability of the lights blinking. Provision is also made for an exchange of personal information via the badges when a match is made.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of facilitating contact between members of two different groups of persons comprising the steps of:
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(a) assigning two groups of devices to respective members of the two groups of persons, each device in each group being capable of communicating with any device in the other group when the two devices are in proximity to each other, (b) for two devices in different groups that are in proximity to each other, making a decision that is at least partly random whether the two persons to whom those devices are assigned should make contact, the decision being at least partly random in the sense that any repeated set of conditions can give rise to different decisions, and (c) in accordance with said decision, controlling at least one of the two devices to provide an indication whether said two persons should make contact. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for matching members of two different groups of persons comprising:
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(a) two groups of devices assignable to respective members of the two groups of persons, each device in each group being capable of communicating with any device in the other group when the two devices are in proximity to each other, (b) a decision-making module in each device of at least one group that decides, at least partly in a random manner, whether two persons in proximity to each other and to whom devices in the different groups are assigned should be matched, the decision being at least partly in a random manner in the sense that any repeated set of conditions can give rise to different decisions, and (c) an indicator on at least one of the two devices to provide an indication whether said two persons have been matched. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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