System and method for user communication in a network
AssigneeMatch Group, LLC
InventorsRobert Gex Barfield, Jr., William Elmore, Mark Allan Cooke
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Abstract
Methods and systems for user communication in an online community and/or website are provided. User profile data may be accessed to from a memory. An analysis system compares the user profile data for the user with a time-dependent goal to determine a result. The time-dependent goal may be determined based on an analysis of a set of (successful) users. A user interface system generates a representation of the result for prompting the user to initiate a communication to a different user based on the time-dependent goal. The representation may comprise a metered representation indicating an amount of progress, by the user, toward the time-dependent goal.
Claims15
A method implemented by an online dating service, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of time-dependent goals for a first user of the online dating service for a plurality of actions in a plurality of time windows;
- determining a goal for the first user of the online dating service, the goal being one of the plurality of time-dependent goals and being a benchmark for initiating communications with other users on the online dating service;
- accessing user profile data of the first user;
- and
- comparing the user profile data of the first user with the goal to generate a prompt for the first user to perform at least one action associated with the goal, wherein the at least one action is one of the plurality of actions and is to initiate at least one communication indicative of a dating interest of the first user in a second user of the online dating service, the at least one action defined by a number of communications to be performed to other users on the online dating service within a predetermined number of days, and the predetermined number of days is one of the plurality of time windows, the prompt including at least one of a message or text output.
An apparatus for an online dating service, the apparatus comprising:
- a memory including logic;
- and
- a processor that executes the logic to
- provide a plurality of time-dependent goals for a first user of the online dating service for a plurality of actions in a plurality of time windows,
- determine a goal for the first user of the online dating service, the goal being one of the plurality of time-dependent goals and being a benchmark for initiating communications with other users on the online dating service,
- access user profile data of the first user, and
- compare the user profile data of the first user with the goal to generate a prompt for the first user to perform at least one action associated with the goal, wherein the at least one action is one of the plurality of actions and is to initiate at least one communication indicative of a dating interest of the first user in a second user of the online dating service, the at least one action defined by a number of communications to be performed to other users on the online dating service within a predetermined number of days, and the predetermined number of days is one of the plurality of time windows, the prompt including at least one of a message or text output.
A non-transitory, computer-readable medium encoded with logic that, when executed by a processor, performs operations implemented by an online dating service, the operations comprising:
- providing a plurality of time-dependent goals for a first user of the online dating service for a plurality of actions in a plurality of time windows;
- determining a goal for the first user of the online dating service, the goal being one of the plurality of time-dependent goals and being a benchmark for initiating communications with other users on the online dating service;
- accessing user profile data of the first user;
- and
- comparing the user profile data of the first user with the goal to generate a prompt for the first user to perform at least one action associated with the goal, wherein the at least one action is one of the plurality of actions and is to initiate at least one communication indicative of a dating interest of the first user in a second user of the online dating service, the at least one action defined by a number of communications to be performed to other users on the online dating service within a predetermined number of days, and the predetermined number of days is one of the plurality of time windows, the prompt including at least one of a message or text output.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.