US 11,983,225 B1
Method involving real-time confidential electronic matching for forming anonymous connections at live events
Jason T Connery, Calgary (CA); and Jennifer Audrey Hardie-Connery, Calgary (CA)
Filed by Jason T Connery, Calgary (CA); and Jennifer Audrey Hardie-Connery, Calgary (CA)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/276,427.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/630,831, filed on Feb. 15, 2018.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/906 (2019.01); G06F 16/9035 (2019.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01)
CPC G06F 16/906 (2019.01) [G06F 16/9035 (2019.01); G06F 21/6254 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for the confidential electronic live matching and grouping of users physically present at a live event based on user-selected information, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) during said live event, event administrator:
creating a new event in the system via event administrator functions, wherein the event administrator inputs event details including the event name, date, time, and location into the system;
receiving personal profile information from users physically present at said live event, wherein users input personal profile information into the system, including first name, age, gender, photos and hobbies;
activating said personal profiles of users in the system as they physically arrive at said event, wherein the system verifies the physical presence of the users at the event using location data from the users' personal electronic devices and activates the users' personal profiles in the system allowing activated personal profiles to be available for viewing by all users physically present at said event;
setting group parameter information, wherein the event administrator sets parameters for grouping users, the parameters including total number of users physically present at said event, number of male and female users physically present at said event, number of groups to generate so that each group consists of approximately the same number of users, with equal or close to equal number of male and female users in each group, and number of times to run live matching algorithm to generate groups for social interaction during said event;
receiving from each user physically present at the event a list of secret interests wherein the secret interests are comprised of users of the opposite gender that the user submitting the list is secretly interested in meeting;
confidentially matching and grouping users based on the group parameter information and the users' secret interests, wherein the system applies a matching algorithm to the users' secret interests and the group parameter information to form groups of users;
sending a notification to each user's personal electronic device about each group assignment as a result of live matching;
throughout said live event, allowing each user to update said list of secret interests;
repeating said live matching of users for subsequent rounds of social interactions, each time generating a new group of users based on each user's updated set of said secret interests;
(b) after conclusion of said live event, the method further comprising the step of the event administrator:
opening a chat functionality within the system, enabling users to continue to interact with all other users who were present at the event.