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

Claim 2:
3. A mediation system comprising:
at least one processor;
memory readable by the at least one processor; and
instructions stored in the memory that when read by the at least one processor direct the at least one processor to:
receive a first list from a first terminal, wherein the first list includes at least one item of interest;
receive 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;
designate a target item by selecting from a set of candidate items of interest;
determine that the first list includes the target item;
based on the first list including the target item, determine 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:
determine 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
determine, 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.