US 12,369,136 B2Granted

System and method for matching using location information

AssigneeMatch Group Americas, LLC

InventorsRobinne Burrell, Anna M. Schneider, Sharmistha Dubey, Shane Henderson, Deryl Dorsett, Kyle Miller, Samantha J. Stevens, David A. Ross, Joshua D. Gafni

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Abstract

In one embodiment, a system includes an interface and a communicatively coupled processor. The interface is configured to receive first future location information of a first user and receive second future location information of a second user. The processor is configured to determine that the first and second future location information each correspond to a future location and determine that a characteristic related to the first user corresponds to a preference related to the second user. In response to these determinations, the processor is configured to cause information to be presented to the second user, the information to be presented to the second user comprising the future location and that the first user and the second user have the future location in common.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

an interface configured to:
receive first future location information identifying a location that a first user intends to visit;
and
receive second future location information identifying a location that a second user intends to visit;
and
a processor communicatively coupled to the interface and configured to:
determine that the first future location information and the second future location information correspond to a same location type;
determine that a characteristic related to the first user corresponds to a preference related to the second user;
in response to determining that the characteristic related to the first user corresponds to the preference related to the second user and that the first future location information and the second future location information correspond to the same location type, present to the second user information associated with the first user;
receive, from a user device associated with the first user, a request to connect with users associated with the location type;
and
in response to receiving the request, cause to transmit at least one user profile that is associated with the location type to the user device.

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A method, comprising:

receiving first future location information identifying a location that a first user intends to visit;
receiving second future location information identifying a location that a second user intends to visit;
determining that the first future location information and the second future location information correspond to a same location type;
determining that a characteristic related to the first user corresponds to a preference related to the second user;
in response to determining the characteristic related to the first user corresponds to the preference related to the second user and that the first future location information and the second future location information correspond to the same location type, presenting to the second user information associated with the first user;
receiving, from a user device associated with the first user, a request to connect with users associated with the location type;
and
in response to receiving the request, causing to transmit at least one user profile that is associated with the location type to the user device.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with logic, the logic configured when executed to:

receive first future location information identifying a location that a first user intends to visit;
receive second future location information identifying a location that a second user intends to visit;
determine that the first future location information and the second future location information correspond to a same location type;
determine that a characteristic related to the first user corresponds to a preference related to the second user;
in response to determining that the characteristic related to the first user corresponds to the preference related to the second user and that the first future location information and the second future location information correspond to the same location type, present to the second user information associated with the first user;
receive, from a user device associated with the first user, a request to connect with users associated with the location type;
and
in response to receiving the request, cause to transmit at least one user profile that is associated with the location type to the user device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/351,021Filed 12 Jul 2023 · continuation
Priority: 11 Oct 2011
Published: US 2023/0354253 A12 Nov 2023
Granted: 22 Jul 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

H04W 64/00
Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes
H04W 4/021
Services making use of location information: services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
H04W 4/023
Services making use of location information: using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets…
H04W 4/029
Services making use of location information: location-based management or tracking services

Family

Application13/270,323Parent of this continuation · filed 11 Oct 2011
Application16/173,645Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 29 Oct 2018
US 10,149,267 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 4 Dec 2018
Application16/805,426Parent of this continuation · filed 28 Feb 2020
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Application17/569,138Parent of this continuation · filed 5 Jan 2022
US 11,252,690 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 15 Feb 2022
US 2023/0354253 A1Pre-grant publication · published 2 Nov 2023
US 11,706,734 B2Parent of this continuation
Application16/805,426Parent of this continuation-in-part
Application16/173,645Parent of this continuation
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