Social matching
AssigneeEharmony, Inc.
InventorsArvind Mishra, Jonathan Eppers, Gregory Steiner, Joseph Essas
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Abstract
In some embodiments, social matching includes determining one or more friends of a subscriber, in which the one or more friends of the subscriber are associated with the subscriber based on a social graph; notifying (e.g., pinging) a selected set of the one or more friends of the subscriber for input regarding selected matches for the subscriber, in which matches for the subscriber are generated by a matching engine performed by a processor; and displaying the input received from the selected set of the one or more friends of the subscriber.
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A system, comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- determine one or more friends of a subscriber, wherein the one or more friends of the subscriber are associated with the subscriber based on a social graph;
- notify a selected set of the one or more friends of the subscriber for input regarding selected matches for the subscriber, wherein matches for the subscriber are generated by a matching engine performed by a processor;
- receive a suggested match from a friend of the subscriber;
- and
- display the input received from the selected set of the one or more friends of the subscriber;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.
A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- determining one or more friends of a subscriber, wherein the one or more friends of the subscriber are associated with the subscriber based on a social graph;
- notifying a selected set of the one or more friends of the subscriber for input regarding selected matches for the subscriber, wherein matches for the subscriber are generated by a matching engine performed by a processor;
- receiving a suggested match from a friend of the subscriber;
- and
- displaying the input received from the selected set of the one or more friends of the subscriber.
A computer implemented method, comprising:
- determining one or more friends of a subscriber, wherein the one or more friends of the subscriber are associated with the subscriber based on a social graph;
- notifying a selected set of the one or more friends of the subscriber for input regarding selected matches for the subscriber, wherein matches for the subscriber are generated by a matching engine performed by a processor;
- receiving a suggested match from a friend of the subscriber;
- and
- displaying the input received from the selected set of the one or more friends of the subscriber.
A system, comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive a shared match for a subscriber that is to be shared with a friend of the subscriber, wherein the friend and the subscriber are associated with each other based on a social graph generated by a social network executed on a processor;
- notify the friend of the shared match for the subscriber requesting input regarding the shared matches for the subscriber, wherein shared match for the subscriber was generated by a matching engine of an online matching service;
- receive a suggested match from a friend of the subscriber;
- and
- display an input screen for receiving social matching feedback input from the friend for the shared match for the subscriber;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.