System and method for initiating social interactions between users in a network environment

US9495391B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• MATCH.COM, L.L.C. · US

Inventors

• David F. Koh · Wappingers Falls, US
• Tom R. Quisel · New York, US
• Daniel D. Andres · New York, US
• Matthew James Miller · Bellingham, US
• Michael Bryan Oltman · Brooklyn, US
• Morley Zhi · Brooklyn, US
• Sidney Paolo San Martín · Brooklyn, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 10, 2013
• Grant date: Nov 15, 2016
• Expiry date: Dec 4, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving a request from a first user to browse a pool of date requests, where each of the date requests is associated with a potential match in a computer-implemented matching system and includes at least one of a calendar date and a location. The method further includes presenting to the first user information regarding the potential match associated with one of the date requests, and sending a date invitation to the potential match associated with the particular one of the date requests.