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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2005
Egon Smola, Mountain View, CA (US);
Maurice L. Clancy, Jr., San Francisco, CA (US);
Wei Wang, Atherton, CA (US);
VU Hao Thi Truong, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tracy D. Rocca, Alameda, CA (US);
Egon Smola, Mountain View, CA (US);
Maurice L. Clancy, Jr., San Francisco, CA (US);
Wei Wang, Atherton, CA (US);
Vu Hao Thi Truong, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tracy D. Rocca, Alameda, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A notes function and a diary function for an online dating service is provided. Each subscriber to the online dating service has access to a message center for communicating messages between candidates. The messages in the message center are organized as threads. Additionally, a subscriber may create and edit a note associated with a candidate and/or an email message between the subscriber and the candidate. The note is by default accessible to the subscriber and inaccessible to the candidate. Furthermore, the message center can provide a facility for enabling a subscriber to create a diary regarding online dating service activities. The diary can include the authored notes, summaries, impressions, videos, movies, pictures, graphics, colors, messages, threaded messages, threaded list views, and the like.