US 11,895,115 B2
Match limits for dating application
Michael Robert De Lazzari, West Vancouver (CA)
Assigned to Sidekick Dating, Inc., West Vancouver (CA)
Filed by Sidekick Dating, Inc., West Vancouver (CA)
Filed on May 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/142,738.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/342,564, filed on May 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0368311 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/00 (2023.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01); H04L 51/212 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0884 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 51/212 (2022.05); H04L 51/52 (2022.05); H04L 67/306 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for limiting matches between users in a networked environment, the method comprising, at a first network-connected hardware processing device:
determining whether a first user has reached a limit of concurrent matches, wherein each match represents a bidirectional connection between the first user and another user;
responsive to the first user not having reached the limit of concurrent matches representing bidirectional connections, making the first user visible to other users;
responsive to the first user having reached the limit of concurrent matches representing bidirectional connections, making the first user invisible to other users;
receiving input from the first user requesting that a unidirectional indication of interest in a second user be transmitted;
responsive to the first user having reached the limit of concurrent matches representing bidirectional connections, declining the request to transmit the unidirectional indication of interest; and
responsive to the first user not having reached the limit of concurrent matches representing bidirectional connections, transmitting the unidirectional indication of interest.