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Online dating service providing response status tracking for a service subscriber

a technology for online dating and subscriber, applied in the field of online dating services, can solve the problems of online dating losing its appeal, unable to develop additional services, and difficulty in determining the status of responses to communication

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-03-16
OATH INC
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Many of these companies, however, are struggling with developing additional services that will build customer loyalty.
Without the ability to extend the value of the online dating experience, online dating may lose its appeal.

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[0011] The present invention now will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof, and which show, by way of illustration, specific exemplary embodiments by which the invention may be practiced. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Among other things, the present invention may be embodied as methods or devices. Accordingly, the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. The following detailed description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense.

[0012] Briefly stated, the present invention is directed towards providing a met...

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A system and method are directed towards enabling a user to track the status of communication with other users in an online dating environment. Each user in the online dating environment can predefine a current status of availability and / or interest in receiving communications from other users in the online dating environment. When a communication is received, a predefined message is returned indicating the predefined status, such as “currently dating someone.” In addition or alternatively, each user can provide an interim response to received communications, giving the requesters some indication of a level of interest in further communication. An interim response can include a request for additional information about potential suitor, an indication that more time is required to think about a dating request, an indication that a user is definitely, or definitely not, interested in further communication. Requests and responses can be communicated via email, IM, SMS, or other forms.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 610,125 filed on Sep. 15, 2004, the benefit of the earlier filing date of which is hereby claimed under 35 U.S.C. § 119 (e) and the contents of which are further hereby incorporated by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates generally to online dating services, and more particularly, but not exclusively, to a method and system for tracking the status of responses to communication for an online dating service. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Dating services are now so popular that by at least one study, over twenty-six percent of all Internet users in America have visited a personals website. Part of the reason may be that online dating may appear to be a natural extension of where people are at this point in time. That is, many people today, have personal computers, or at least access to a personal computer. Moreover, virtual...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30
CPCG06F17/30861G06Q10/10G06Q50/01G06Q30/08G06Q30/02G06F16/95
Inventor TRUONG, VU HAO THICLANCY, MAURICE L. JR.SMOLA, EGONWANG, WEIROCCA, TRACY D.
Owner OATH INC
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