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United States Patent6052122   
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Inventor(s)Sutcliffe; Andrew B. (Tyngsboro, MA); Dunn; Kevin A. (Boston, MA)
AbstractA system of matching a first user with at least one other user of the system by comparing criteria data of the first user with characteristic data of the at least one other user and criteria data of the at least one other user with characteristic data of the first user. The characteristic and criteria data can be obtained via the Internet, and more specifically through a series of web site screens that prompt the user for characteristic and preference data. The system performs the comparison of the respective characteristic and criteria data to provide a list of matches to the first user. The first user is furnished with information that allows the first user to contact the other users for which a match has been found.
   














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Method and apparatus for matching registered profiles
Inventor     Sutcliffe; Andrew B. (Tyngsboro, MA); Dunn; Kevin A. (Boston, MA)
Owner/Assignee     Tele-Publishing, Inc.
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Publication Date     April 18, 2000
Application Number     08/874,564
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Filing Date     June 13, 1997
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Examiner     Bayerl; Raymond J.
Assistant Examiner     Nguyen; Thomas T.
Attorney/Law Firm     Nutter, McClennen & Fish LLP
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What is claimed is:

1. A method of matching a first user of a system with at least one other user of the system, comprising the steps of:

obtaining characteristic and criteria data from users of the system;

storing the characteristic and criteria data of the users of the system;

comparing the criteria data of a first user associated with a first one of a plurality of ne