Patent ID: 8051184
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer method performed by a programmed processor for pairing elements of a first set of elements {x(i)} with elements from a second set of elements {y(j)}, where i and j are indices and where the first set of elements and the second set of elements have the same number of elements, subject to a plurality of pairing restrictions, the method comprising: a user defining the first set of elements and the second set of elements; the user defining the plurality of pairing restrictions via a user interface of the programmed processor, wherein each pairing restriction of the plurality of pairing restrictions defines a specified pairing of an element of the first set of elements and an element of the second set of elements as prohibited; for each of a plurality of iterations or until a set of pairings is found that satisfies the plurality of pairing restrictions: