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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2008
Francisco J. Bonilla, Carrollton, TX (US);
Sharmistha Dubey, Coppell, TX (US);
Stanley E. Woodby, Jr., Dallas, TX (US);
Francisco J. Bonilla, Carrollton, TX (US);
Sharmistha Dubey, Coppell, TX (US);
Stanley E. Woodby, Jr., Dallas, TX (US);
Match.com, L.L.C., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for providing a feature in a network environment is provided that includes a central website operable to interface with one or more end users and to manage information related to one or more of the end users. One or more searches are conducted for one or more of the end users, and one or more attributes previously determined by a selected one of the end users are varied to offer one or more additional matches to the selected end user, and the additional matches are different from matches offered to the selected end user based on the previously determined attributes. In more specific embodiments, the central website offers the additional matches based on a number of current matches being served to the selected end user.