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.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A method implemented by an online dating service, the method comprising:
- determining a goal for a first user of the online dating service, the goal including initiating at least one communication on the online dating service;
- accessing user profile data of the first user;
- comparing the user profile data of the first user with the goal to determine a result;
- and
- based on the result generating a prompt for the first user to initiate the at least one communication, 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:
- determining a goal for a first user of the online dating service, the goal including initiating at least one communication on the online dating service;
- accessing user profile data of the first user;
- comparing the user profile data of the first user with the goal to determine a result;
- and
- based on the result, generating a prompt for the first user to initiate the at least one communication, the prompt including at least one of a message or text output.
An apparatus to implement an online dating service, the apparatus comprising:
- a memory including logic;
- and
- a processor that executes the logic to
- determine a goal for a first user of the online dating service, the goal including initiating at least one communication on the online dating service;
- access user profile data of the first user;
- compare the user profile data of the first user with the goal to determine a result;
- and
- based on the result, generate a prompt for the first user to initiate the at least one communication, the prompt including at least one of a message or text output.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.