Anonymous Event Matching via Confidential Interest Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing singles matching services face challenges such as physical attractiveness bias, limited information about potential partners, difficulty in finding chemistry in person, and awkward social interactions, particularly for introverted individuals, and lack of a safe environment to test connections without pressure.
Innovation Solution
A real-time electronic confidential matching system that allows users to anonymously connect based on selected interests at live events, forming smaller groups for social activities, with notifications for mutual interests and optional messaging after the event.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If online-only matching services are used, then users can access many profiles and choose from diverse options, but users face physical attractiveness bias, limited information about potential partners, and difficulty in verifying genuine profiles
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a matching service provider as an intermediary that collects, verifies, and manages user profiles and interest information. This intermediary validates profiles before inclusion in the matching system, reducing fake profiles and providing reliable information to users while maintaining diverse matching options.
2Reliability
If offline-only matching services are used, then users can discover chemistry in person through organized activities, but users face awkward social interactions and lack of control over who they meet
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary electronic matching where users secretly indicate their interests in other users before the live event. The system processes these selections and determines group assignments in advance, allowing users to discover chemistry in person only with pre-selected mutual interests, thereby reducing awkward interactions and giving users control over their social experiences.
3Productivity
If traditional speed dating events are used, then users can meet multiple potential partners in a regulated session, but users experience laborious interviews and awkward interactions with everyone present
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the large group of participants into smaller subgroups based on mutual electronic interest selections. Instead of everyone interacting with everyone, the system divides users into focused subgroups where members have already indicated interest in each other, maintaining high productivity in meeting potential partners while dramatically improving interaction quality within each subgroup.
4Adaptability or versatility
If users are required to approach and initiate conversation at mixers, then social activities can occur in a natural setting, but introverted members find it awkward and difficult to start interactions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent requires users to complete preliminary electronic selections of their interests before attending the live event. This preliminary action eliminates the need for introverted members to initiate conversations on the spot, as their interests have already been expressed electronically and the system has arranged appropriate groupings, allowing natural interaction to flow once they are in their assigned groups.
5Reliability
If mutual interest matching is implemented electronically, then users can form connections based on shared interests without physical bias, but users may feel pressure to express interest in others
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements local quality by allowing different types of interest expressions for different users. The system accommodates varying levels of interest indication and processes selections confidentially, reducing pressure on users by providing flexible, personalized ways to express interest without forcing uniform participation standards on all users.
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AI summary
A system that applies real-time electronic matching of a plurality of users in a live event, to enable the formation of anonymous connections amongst groups of users who can then interact through social activities. An event features a plurality of rounds, and in each round, users are matched into groups based on user selected interests. The matching system employs a user-enabled confidential selection of interests, through the use of, but not limited to, a personal device, such as a mobile phone or computer. The present invention is not limited in application to social networking environments, such as in a singles' event. It can also be applied in other environments where anonymous interactions are of importance, such as in the matching of potential buyers or sellers of products and services; or in the matching of recruiters and employment candidates.