Patent ID: 7613706

Claim:
An apparatus for providing a feature in a network environment, comprising: a central web site that includes a processor and software, the central web site operable to interface with one or more end users and to manage information related to one or more of the end users, wherein the central web site is operable to populate a queue of a first end user with a profile of a second end user, and wherein the central web site includes a search component that executes a generic search, based on preliminary information provided by the first end user, such that generic matches to other end users are automatically provided and displayed for the first end user in the queue for the first end user, the search component further operable to execute a limited search, based on additional information that is different from the preliminary information and that is provided by the first end user, and wherein usage of the limited search is restricted by the central web site and includes usage terms that are different from usage terms of the generic search, the limited search retrieving additional matches that are different from the generic matches, whereby the generic matches and the additional matches are displayed separately and concurrently for the end user in the queue of the first end user.