Patent ID: 9563708
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method of identifying one or more matching members of an online communication service for a match recipient, the method comprising the following operations performed by at least one processor: maintaining a member profile for the match recipient, the member profile including at least one personal attribute of the match recipient; accessing a contacts list maintained for the match recipient, the contacts list of the match recipient including direct contacts of the match recipient; identifying matching members for the match recipient, the identification of matching members comprising: forming a group of matching members comprising at least the identified one or more entities and the identified on or more additional entities who are currently online; causing an identifier for the matching members of the group to be displayed to the match recipient in a user interface for the online communication service; and displaying information representing the at least one personal attribute shared by each of the matching members and the match recipient.