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US 7,255,277 B1Granted
Method of designating dating status
OwnerJohn Dragos, IIIinventor
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Abstract
This disclosure generally relates to a system and method for dating. More particularly, this disclosure is a dating system and method that limits the embarrassment of rejection and minimizes costs of implementation based on a market recognition of an external sign to be associated with a dating status such as a color-coded bracelet.
Claims14
A method for establishing dating communication between at least two individuals comprising:
- determining a visual code to be implemented on a first embodiment corresponding to a dating status;
- creating and releasing in a marketplace and a public at large a widespread distribution campaign relating to the visual code corresponding to the dating status to be implemented on the first embodiment to a target population;
- creating and releasing in the marketplace and to the public at large a of press advertising campaign to relate to the visual code corresponding to the dating status to be implemented on the first embodiment to the target population;
- providing information relating to the visual code relating to a desire to establish a dating-related communication between at least two individuals to at least the two individuals;
- providing a physical embodiment that embodies the visual code to the first of the at least two individuals;
- allowing the first of the at least two individuals to wear or display openly the physical embodiment in a public setting;
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- allowing a second of the at least two individuals to establish the dating-related communication with the first of the at least two individuals after perceiving the physical embodiment that embodies the visual code, wherein the marketplace is a city-wide release and distribution.
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A method for marketing and providing a small coded item to at least two individuals using a desire for dating as a promotional tool, the method comprising:
- producing a small coded item, wherein said item can be worn or displayed openly by a first of at least two individuals to at least a second of the at least two individuals;
- promoting and marketing an available dating status associated with the small coded item in order to create a market demand of the small coded item;
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- distributing the small coded item or supplying the small coded item free of charge upon which a paid promotional advertisement is embedded to at least a first of at least two individuals and displayed to at least the second of the at least two individuals.
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A dating system, said system comprising:
- a small coded item produced in a plurality of copies for distribution, wherein the small coded item can be worn or displayed openly by a first of at least two individuals to provide a visual dating status information to of a second of at least two individuals;
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- a marketing and advertising system used to provide knowledge to a target population regarding the small coded item for distribution, wherein the marketing and advertising system comprises a widespread distribution system of the small coded item and a press advertising campaign to convey to users sufficient information to associate the small coded item with an available dating status, and the creation and release in a marketplace and a public at large the widespread distribution system relating to a visual code corresponding to the available dating status to be implemented on the first embodiment to a target population, and the creations and release in the marketplace and to the public at large of a press advertising campaign to relate to the visual code corresponding to the dating status to be implemented on the first embodiment to the target population, wherein the marketplace is a city-wide release and distribution.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.