Patent ID: 11947612
Assignee: HYPERCONNECT INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A mediation method comprising:
receiving, by a mediation server, a first list from a first terminal, wherein the first list includes at least one item of interest;
receiving, by the mediation server, at least one other list from at least one other terminal, wherein the at least one other list includes at least one item of interest;
designating, by the mediation server, a target item by selecting from a set of candidate items of interest;
determining, by the mediation server, that the first list includes the target item;
based on the first list including the target item, determining, by the mediation server, that there does not exist a second list, among the at least one other list, that includes the target item; and
based on determining that there does not exist the second list:
determining, by the mediation server, that there exists a third list, among the at least one other list, that includes an item belonging to a second category, wherein the second category is related to a first category in which the target item belongs; and
determining, by the mediation server, based on determining that there exists the third list, a match between a first user and a user of a terminal from which the third list was received.