Patent ID: 11908001
Assignee: PLENTYOFFISH MEDIA ULC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method of operation in a matching service system of a matching service, the matching service system having at least one processor, at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, and communicating via a computer network with a plurality of end user devices each associated with an end user, the method comprising:
assessing, for a first end user, the likelihood that certain potential matching end users of a plurality of potential matching end users will respond to messages from the first end user;
determining which of the potential matching end users to recommend to the first end user based at least in part on an assessed likelihood of response by evaluating a length of messages sent by potential matching end users, and at least one of: respective identities of other end user clients that the potential matching end users message, respective identities of other end user clients that potential matching end users view and do not message, or an indication of a number of views of another end user client by potential matching end users before the potential matching end users message the other end user client; and
recommending at least some of the potential matching end users to the first end user based at least in part on the determination.