Personalized Profile Ordering for Deeper User Matching

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing online dating services face challenges in efficiently matching users beyond superficial attraction, with lengthy onboarding processes and static profile displays leading to quick decision-making, often resulting in users failing to explore deeper interests and preferences.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a dynamic content ordering algorithm that personalizes the display of user profiles based on seeker preferences, prioritizing relevant attributes and interests, and utilizing machine learning to select high-performing profile photos and suggest additional interests.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a static profile display is used, then the system complexity is reduced, but the matching effectiveness deteriorates due to quick decision-making without exploring deeper interests

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvematching effectivenessVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic content ordering in profile displays, where the sequence and visibility of profile elements automatically adjust based on viewer preferences and interaction history. This transforms static profiles into dynamic presentations that adapt to each seeker's interests, enabling deeper exploration without increasing system complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where user interactions (likes, messages, time spent viewing) are continuously analyzed to refine profile display ordering. This feedback loop improves matching effectiveness by learning from user behavior while maintaining manageable system complexity through automated algorithms

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If lengthy onboarding processes are implemented to gather comprehensive user information, then the quality of matching improves, but the user experience deteriorates due to time consumption

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvematching qualityVSAvoidonboarding time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing and organizing user profile data during registration, creating structured representations that enable efficient later matching. This preliminary organization reduces the need for lengthy subsequent onboarding steps while maintaining comprehensive matching quality

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements self-service mechanisms where the system automatically extracts interests and preferences from user-provided information without requiring manual categorization. Users provide raw data, and the system autonomously processes it into matchable attributes, significantly reducing onboarding time while preserving matching quality

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Reliability

If users are encouraged to explore deeper interests and preferences, then the likelihood of successful matches increases, but the decision-making process becomes more complex and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelikelihood of successful matchesVSAvoiddecision-making complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments profile information into hierarchical layers (essential attributes, interests, preferences, detailed characteristics), allowing users to explore deeper information progressively rather than being overwhelmed by all details simultaneously. This segmentation reduces decision-making complexity while enabling comprehensive exploration for successful matches

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system adds a temporal dimension to profile exploration, dynamically adjusting which profile elements are emphasized based on interaction depth. As users engage longer, the system reveals additional dimensions of interest and preference, making complex information more manageable through progressive disclosure

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS20260094132A1System and method for user communication in a network
Publication Date: 2026.04.02 TINDER LLC
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AI summary

A method is implemented by an electronic device and includes transmitting a registration request of a first user; receiving photo identification information including performance image information; identifying a preliminary group of images stored on the electronic device, at least in part based on the performance image information; and displaying the preliminary group of images.