System and method for providing internet based dating services

• US 9,129,297 B2
• Filed: 10/24/2013
• Issued: 09/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roi Aldaag, Yoav Aldaag
• Original Assignee: Roi Aldaag, Yoav Aldaag
• Inventors: Aldaag, Roi, Aldaag, Yoav
• Primary Examiner(s): St Cyr, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US14/062,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20140117087A1
• Time in Patent Office: 684 Days
• Field of Search: 235/380, 235/375, 235/382, 235/487, 235/492
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A system and method for providing a dating service using dating cards with unique QR code/s. A registered member of the dating service acquires one or more dating cards with unique QR codes and presents the card a potential date. When the potential date scans the QR code, the potential date is forwarded to personal information of the registered member. The potential date therefore can appraise the merits of the registered member based on the personal information and decide whether to establish further contact. Preferably, the dating card has a detachable tab with a unique QR code that correlates to the QR code on the card that is handed to the potential date for tracking and access control purposes. Each card can reveal a partial or different façade of the personal information and display a different personal greeting message.

Claims

1. A method for initiating contact for the purpose of social matching, comprising the steps of:

a. providing a social matching card comprising;

(i) recipient segment including a unique recipient access code embodied thereon, and

(ii) a tracking segment including a unique tracking access code embodied thereon which corresponds to said unique recipient access code on said recipient segment;

b. configuring said recipient access code for transferring, via said recipient segment to a recipient;

c. configuring said tracking access code for retaining, via said tracking segment, by an owner of said social matching card;

wherein scanning said unique tracking access code provides access to an editable version of an online profile stored in a social matching service database and registered to an owner of the tracking segment; and

wherein scanning only said unique recipient access code provides access to a non-editable version of said online profile.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing said editable personalized greeting message platform to said registered owner of said tracking segment, wherein said online profile is a unique online profile, viewable only upon scanning any of said unique recipient and/or tracking access codes.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said unique tracking access code comprises a unique QR code that encodes a hypertext link to said editable version of said online profile, and wherein said unique recipient access code comprises a unique QR code that encodes a hypertext link to said non-editable version of said online profile.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising notifying said registered owner of said tracking segment that said recipient has accessed said non-editable version of said online profile.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising enforcing a security policy comprising:

associating, at a first access to said non-editable version of said online profile by said recipient, said recipient access code with a unique recipient ID associated with said recipient; and

granting any subsequent access to said non-editable version of said online profile only to said recipient associated with said unique recipient ID.

6. A social matching card comprising:

(a) a recipient segment including a unique recipient access code; and

(b) a tracking segment, including a unique tracking code which corresponds to said unique recipient access code in said segment, wherein scanning said unique tracking access code provides access to an editable version of an online profile stored in a social matching service database and registered to an owner of the tracking segment, and wherein scanning only said unique recipient access code provides a recipient of said recipient segment unique hypertext link to a non-editable version of said online profile.

7. The social matching dating card of claim 6, further comprising:

a coupon segment including a unique access code-enabled coupon embodied thereon, said coupon redeemable with a given sponsor registered with said social matching service, wherein upon scanning of said unique access code-enabled coupon with a personal computing device, said given sponsor receives segmentation information related to said personal computing device vis-à

-vis personal information stored in at least one registered account of an online network.

8. The social matching card of claim 7, wherein said online profile includes advertising information from said given sponsor.

9. The social matching dating card of claim 8, wherein said advertising information is customized according to said segmentation information.

10. The social matching card of claim 7, wherein said given sponsor provides customized advertising information to an owner of said at least one registered account, said customization based on said received segmentation information.

11. The method of claim 6, further comprising providing said editable personalized greeting message platform to said registered owner of said tracking segment, wherein said online profile is a unique online profile that is accessible only by scanning any of said unique recipient and tracking access codes.

12. The social matching card of claim 6, wherein said unique tracking access code comprises a unique QR code that encodes a hypertext link to said editable version of said online profile, and wherein said unique recipient access code comprises a unique QR code that encodes a hypertext link to said non-editable version of said online profile.

13. The social matching card of claim 6, wherein a transaction manager is configured to notify said registered owner of said tracking segment that said recipient has accessed said non-editable version of said online profile.

14. The social matching card of claim 6, further comprising a security module configured to:

associate, at a first access to said non-editable version of said online profile by said recipient, said recipient access code with a unique recipient ID associated with said recipient; and

grant any subsequent access to said non-editable version of said online profile only to said recipient associated with said unique recipient ID.

15. A system for initiating contact for the purpose of social matching, the system comprising:

a social matching service database configured to store a profile in association with a registered owner of a social matching card; and

at least one server configured to;

provide said registered owner of said social matching card access to an editable version of said online profile via a unique tracking access code provided on a tracking segment of said social matching card, and to provide a recipient of a recipient segment of said social matching card access to an non-editable version of said online profile via a unique recipient access code provided on said recipient segment, wherein said unique tracking access code is associated with said unique recipient access code, and wherein said unique tracking access code and said unique recipient access code are unique to said social matching card.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said at least one server further comprises a transaction manager configured to notify said registered owner of said tracking segment that said recipient has accessed said non-editable version of said online profile.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein said at least one server further comprises a security module configured to:

associate, at a first access to said non-editable version of said online profile by said recipient, said recipient access code with a unique recipient ID associated with said recipient; and

grant any subsequent access to said non-editable version of said online profile only to said recipient associated with said unique recipient ID.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein said online profile is a unique online profile that is accessible only by scanning any of said unique recipient and/or tracking access codes.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein said server is further configured to provide said editable personalized greeting message platform to said registered owner of said tracking segment.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein said unique tracking access code comprises a unique QR code that provide a hypertext link to said editable version of said online profile, and wherein said unique recipient access code comprises a unique QR code that provide a hypertext link to said non-editable version of said online profile.