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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2013
Match.com, L.l.c., Dallas, TX (US);
Ernesto Ochandio, Dallas, TX (US);
Devaraj Sundaram, Dallas, TX (US);
Monica Klawitter, Dallas, TX (US);
Amarnath Thombre, Dallas, TX (US);
Helen Fisher, New York, NY (US);
Sydney Lam, Dallas, TX (US);
Todd Carrico, Melissa, TX (US);
MATCH.COM, L.L.C., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Finding a match for an end user on an online social platform is not a trivial task. To improve match making, various methods and systems are disclosed which are configured to compute heuristics for various end users, which help to predict the likelihood that two end users would ultimately engage in some form of communication with each other. The heuristics are used in an algorithm (i.e., a statistical/predictive model) for providing a set of matches to an end user. These heuristics may be computed based on varying forms of communication which indicate different levels of engagement between end users, and/or based on some other indication of how an end user may react to another end user.