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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2005
Applicants:
Chris S. Terrill, Dallas, TX (US);
Todd W. Kirby, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Chris S. Terrill, Dallas, TX (US);
Todd W. Kirby, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Match.com, L.L.C., Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 99/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for coordinating a relationship in a network environment is provided that includes a central web site operable to interface with one or more end users and to manage information related to one or more of the end users. The central web site includes an on-line component and an off-line component such that one or more of the end users can communicate and gather information about each other at the central web site and the central web site can facilitate a meeting in person between two of the end users.