Patent ID: 8117132

Claim:
A dating service device to increase member profile development and decrease unwanted communications, comprising: a) a data storage repository, means for storing the data which will store data accordingly: authorizing each member the creation of one profile by requiring the submittal of a taxpayer identification number, government issued identification number, and e-mail address per membership and allowing one profile per membership; b) the data storage repository, means for storing the data which will store the data accordingly: each member setting a fee, to be charged to the member sending the communication, for accepting a communication from the member sending the communication; c) data controller, means for changing data in the data storage repository which will control the data accordingly: if a second member elects to send a communication to a first member, the second member first agrees to the terms of the communication including the fee and requests to send a communication to the first member then after the second member sends a communication to the first member the first member is given the option to accept or reject the communication; if the first member rejects the communication no fee is charged or the fee is either refunded or otherwise returned to the second member and the message is returned to the second member; if the first member accepts the communication by the second member, in response to the initiation of the communication, two codes are sent to the first member and the second member; if the first member accepts the communication by the second member a percentage of the fee determined by the dating service is credited to the first member and the remaining percentage of the fee is credited to the dating service; if the first member accepts a communication by a second member the second member is authorized to place a comment on the first members profile that the first member cannot remove unless the fee is refunded or otherwise returned; if the second member comments, the first member is allowed to place a responding comment to the second member's comment; whereby the elements described constitute a device for increasing member profile development and decreasing unwanted communication in a dating service apparatus.