Patent ID: 8700644

Claim:
A method for providing, across a computer network to a mobile display device associated with a person, a prioritized list of potential matches for said person to meet at an event, comprising the steps of: collecting event configuration data associated with said event prior to the commencement of said event; collecting user profile information from a plurality of users associated with said event prior to the commencement of said event; collecting user data associated with a portion of said event configuration data from said plurality of users across a computer network prior to the commencement of said event; collecting one or more updates to said user data across a computer network during said event; generating a prioritized list of potential matches associated with said person, based on said collecting of said event configuration data, on said collecting of said user data, and on said collecting of said updates to said user data; and transmitting said prioritized list via a computer network to a mobile display device associated with said person during said event, wherein said step of collecting event configuration data comprises: searching a master library for a first set of one or more matching questions that meet a set of search criteria of an organizer of said event; copying said first set of matching questions from said master library to said organizer's library; copying a second set of matching questions from said organizer's library to an event library; and receiving an indication of said organizer's weight of importance for each matching question in said second set of matching questions, to be used in the calculation of a compiled matching score for each pair of users associated with said event.