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On-line dating service for locating and matching people based on user-selected search criteria

Patent 6061681 Issued on May 9, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject June 30, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Assignee

Application

No. 885198 filed on 06/30/1997

US Classes:

707/5, Query augmenting and refining (e.g., inexact access)379/88.13, Multimedia system (e.g., voice output combined with fax, video, text, etc.)707/3, Query processing (i.e., searching)707/4, Query formulation, input preparation, or translation707/6, Pattern matching access707/102Generating database or data structure (e.g., via user interface)

Examiners

Primary: Fetting, Anton W.
Assistant: Channavajjala, Srirama

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

G06F 017/30

Abstract

A computer-implemented system for matching people with each other includes a main computer server connectable to a network such as the Internet; a plurality of local servers connectable to the main computer server via a proprietary network, each of the local servers accessible via a telephone connected to a telephone network; and a database of user information distributed over the main computer server and the local servers. Each of the local servers and the main computer server has means for a particular user to update and read at least a portion of the database so as to match the particular user with at least one other user of the system. The main computer server provides means to update and read the database via a user computer connected to the Internet to access a server page. The local servers provide means to update and read the database via a telephone connected via the telephone network.

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