Patent ID: 8332418

Claim:
A method for matching people, comprising: obtaining response information associated with previous matches for a set of people; obtaining response information associated with previous matches for a person being matched, wherein: obtaining the response information for the person being matched includes monitoring, at an intermediary, any communications exchanged between the person being matched and a previous match partner; using a processor to select, based at least in part on (1) the response information associated with previous matches for the person being matched and (2) the response information associated with previous matches for the set of people, a similar person in the set of people who has response information similar to the person being matched; using the processor to select a match candidate, from a set of match candidates who have been matched to the similar person, based at least in part on the response information associated with previous matches for the set of people, wherein: (1) the selected match candidate has not previously been matched with the person being matched and (2) the response information for the similar person indicates that the similar person had a positive response to the selected match candidate; and sending information associated with the selected match candidate to the person being matched.