Patent ID: 7885977

Claim:
A method for automatically prompting compatible users of a network of their compatibility with at least another user, comprising: collecting user specific data and preferences for a plurality of network users, including presenting to the users at least one on-line survey comprising a plurality of questions and detecting and recording the users' responses to the questions, wherein collecting user specific data includes accessing pre-existing data associated with a user, where the pre-existing data is available prior to initiation of collecting data for the user; storing, in memory, at least a portion of the user specific data collected, including creating at least one data table within a database that includes data for a plurality of users, and within said table storing at least one record containing information indicative of the user's responses to the questions; using compatibility criteria that includes at least one characteristic and a threshold, processing the stored user specific data to determine interpersonal compatibility between at least two network users, wherein processing includes applying the compatibility criteria to a plurality of records containing information indicative of the user responses in the data table to determine the interpersonal compatibility of the users; sorting said user specific data, from a plurality of network users, by interpersonal compatibility; and automatically prompting at least a portion of network users determined to have interpersonal compatibility and thereby indicating interpersonal compatibility between the users.