Patent ID: 7342503

Claim:
A match alert display system comprising: match indicators, wherein the match indicators are responsive to matching alert signals and are configured to display matching attributes conveyed by the matching alert signals; a first user monitor, wherein the first user monitor is configured to transmit a first response signal comprising first identification information to a presence detector establishing a presence of the first user monitor within a defined space; a second user monitor, wherein the second user monitor is configured to transmit a second response signal comprising second identification information to the presence detector establishing a presence of the second user monitor within the defined space; the presence detector, wherein the presence detector comprises instructions for receiving the identification information from the first and second user monitors and sending the identification information to an information server, wherein the information server comprises: a memory, wherein the memory comprises a first user profile comprising information associated with a user of the first user monitor and a second user profile comprising information associated with a user of the second user monitor; and an information processor, wherein the information processor comprises instructions for: receiving the information establishing the presence of the first and the second user monitors; if the first and second user monitors are present, then determining whether the first and the second user profiles match according to matching criteria; if the first and the second user profiles match according to the matching criteria, generating and sending a first matching alert signal comprising a first matching attribute to a first match indicator and generating and sending a second matching alert signal comprising a second matching attribute to a second match indicator, wherein the first matching attribute is unique to the user of the second user monitor and the second matching attribute is unique to the user of the first user monitor, and wherein the first match indicator is visible to the user of the second user monitor and wherein the first match indicator displays the first matching attribute so as to be informative to the user of the second user monitor of the matching of the first and second user profiles according to the matching criteria, and wherein the second match indicator is visible to the user of the first user monitor and wherein the second match indicator displays the second matching attribute so as to be informative to the user of the first user monitor of the matching of the first and second user profiles according to the matching criteria.