Patent ID: 9560156
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for improving an online dating system and utilization thereof through a coaching mechanism, comprising: collecting, in a memory, information related to a user profile, wherein the user profile belongs to a cohort of user profiles of a plurality of cohorts of user profiles, wherein each of the plurality of cohorts of user profiles is defined by one or more of the following: sex, age, geographic area, ethnicity, and cultural background; identifying, by an analysis engine, a logical hierarchy of metrics corresponding to the cohort of user profiles, wherein each metric in the logical hierarchy of metrics indicates a characteristic statistically representative of user profiles of successful end users in the cohort of user profiles, and wherein the logical hierarchy of metrics comprises an arrangement of metrics that is unique to the cohort of user profiles and is different from arrangements of metrics others of the plurality of cohorts of user profiles; analyzing, by the analysis engine, the information against at least one metric, wherein the at least one metric is selected based on the logical hierarchy of metrics; generating, by a rules engine, a coaching message for graphical output to an endpoint associated with the user profile if the information does not meet the at least one metric, wherein the rules engine changes the user profile on the online dating system to meet the at least one metric without receiving an input, via the coaching message, accepting the coaching message and the coaching message notifies the endpoint of the changing of the user profile on the online dating system to meet the at least one metric; and calculating an updated boundary value of the at least one metric based on changes in user profiles of the cohort of user profiles, when it is determined that the updated boundary value of the at least one metric is different from a current boundary value of the at least one metric updating metrics representative of the user profiles of the successful end users in the cohort of user profiles to adapt the coaching mechanism.