IP Library Granted Patent US 11,259,265
Granted Patent B2
US 11,259,265 · App. 16/805,989 · Granted Feb 22, 2022

System and method for matching using location information

Inventors: Robinne Burrell (Los Angeles, CA); Anna M. Schneider (Fort Worth, TX); Sharmistha Dubey (Coppell, TX); Shane Henderson (Allen, TX); Deryl Dorsett (Dallas, TX)
Assignee: MATCH GROUP, LLC
H04W64/00H04W4/021H04W4/023H04W4/029H04W4/21G08B2001/085H04W4/33
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Patent No.
US 11,259,265
App. No.
16/805,989
Granted
Feb 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method executed by at least one processor includes receiving first historical location information identifying a first location area at which a first user was present at a first time and receiving second location information identifying a second location area at which a second user was present at a second time. The method includes determining that the first historical location information and the second location information each correspond to a particular location area and determining that a characteristic related to the first user corresponds to a preference related to the second user. In response to these determinations, the method includes causing information related to the first user to be presented to the second user. The information related to the first user includes the first location area of the first user relative to the second location area of the second user.

Claims (61)

1. A system, comprising:

an interface configured to:

receive first location information of a first user corresponding to a first time period;

receive second location information of a second user corresponding to a second time period, wherein a difference between the first time period and the second time period is less than a threshold;

one or more processors communicatively coupled to the interface and configured to:

determine that the first location information and first time period, and the second location information and second time period, each correspond to an event; and

in response to determining that the first location information and the second location information each correspond to the event, cause information to be presented to the second user, the information to be presented to the second user comprising the event and that the first user and the second user have the event in common.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the first location information comprises a location at which the first user was present during the first time period; and

the second location information comprises a location at which the second user was present during the second time period.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first location information comprises a location at which the first user will be present during the first time period.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the first location information comprises a location at which the first user will be present during the first time period; and

the second location information comprises a location at which the second user will be present during the second time period.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the one or more processors are further configured to determine that the first location information and the second location information each correspond to a location type; and

wherein the information presented to the second user comprises the location type and that the first user and the second user have the location type in common.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive a preference of a second user for a plurality of users that have location information corresponding to the event;

determine that each of the plurality of users having location information corresponding to the event; and

present information to the second user, the information to be presented to the second user comprising the event and that the second user and the plurality of users have the event in common.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein receiving first location information of a first user comprises receiving a submission of a location of the first user.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with logic, the logic configured when executed to:

receive first location information of a first user corresponding to a first time period;

receive second location information of a second user corresponding to a second time period, wherein a difference between the first time period and the second time period is less than a threshold;

determine that the first location information and first time period, and the second location information and second time period, each correspond to an event; and

in response to determining that the first location information and the second location information each correspond to the event, cause information to be presented to the second user, the information to be presented to the second user comprising the event and that the first user and the second user have the event in common.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein:

the first location information comprises a location at which the first user was present during the first time period; and

the second location information comprises a location at which the second user was present during the second time period.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the first location information comprises a location at which the first user will be present during the first time period.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein:

the first location information comprises a location at which the first user will be present during the first time period; and

the second location information comprises a location at which the second user will be present during the second time period.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein:

the logic is further configured to determine that the first location information and the second location information each correspond to a location type; and

wherein the information presented to the second user comprises the location type and that the first user and the second user have the location type in common.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the logic is further configured to:

receive a preference of a second user for a plurality of users that have location information corresponding to the event;

determine that each of the plurality of users having location information corresponding to the event; and

present information to the second user, the information to be presented to the second user comprising the event and that the second user and the plurality of users have the event in common.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein receiving first location information of a first user comprises receiving a submission of a location of the first user.

15. A method, comprising:

receiving first location information of a first user corresponding to a first time period;

receiving second location information of a second user corresponding to a second time period, wherein a difference between the first time period and the second time period is less than a threshold;

determining that the first location information and first time period, and the second location information and second time period, each correspond to an event; and

in response to determining that the first location information and the second location information each correspond to the event, causing information to be presented to the second user, the information to be presented to the second user comprising the event and that the first user and the second user have the event in common.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein:

the first location information comprises a location at which the first user was present during the first time period; and

the second location information comprises a location at which the second user was present during the second time period.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first location information comprises a location at which the first user will be present during the first time period.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein:

the first location information comprises a location at which the first user will be present during the first time period; and

the second location information comprises a location at which the second user will be present during the second time period.

19. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

determining that the first location information and the second location information each correspond to a location type; and

wherein the information presented to the second user comprises the location type and that the first user and the second user have the location type in common.

20. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

receiving a preference of a second user for a plurality of users that have location information corresponding to the event;

determining that each of the plurality of users having location information corresponding to the event; and

presenting information to the second user, the information to be presented to the second user comprising the event and that the second user and the plurality of users have the event in common.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2024
From: TINDER LLC
To: MATCH GROUP AMERICAS, LLC
Reel/Frame 069370/0712 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 22, 2024
From: MATCH.COM, L.L.C.
To: MATCH GROUP, LLC
Reel/Frame 069437/0306 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 22, 2024
From: MATCH GROUP, LLC
To: TINDER LLC
Reel/Frame 069437/0389 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2020
From: BURRELL, ROBINNE; SCHNEIDER, ANNA M.; DUBEY, SHARMISTHA; HENDERSON, SHANE; DORSETT, DERYL
To: MATCH.COM, L.L.C.
Reel/Frame 052061/0822 →
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