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Type of Prior Art	Issued Patents - US

Country	Israel

Patent/Application #	WO2004/11747A3

Kind Code	World Intellectual Proper... - Subsequent Publ. of the Int. s... - A3

Patentee Name	Teicher, Mordechai; Soulgames, Ltd.

Relevant Pages, Columns, or Lines	Fig. 2, Fig. 8, Fig. 9

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Filing Date	May 7, 2004

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Abstract: An apparatus and method for managing inter- personal activities to facilitate matchmaking between single individuals, by instructing each individual what to do and with whom during a series of game (404) sessions. Singles join a forum (401) in which a plurality of activities contained in a database (402) are individually assigned to participants, who confidentially express their preferences for specific activities and for other participants with whom to conduct activities. Expressed preferences are not disclosed to other individuals, but are input to a secure computer system that assigns the activities. Participants'wish-lists (406) influence assignments made by the computer, and random factors provide variety and protect privacy by obscuring the effect of the wish-lists (406). After each assignment, participants can update their wish-list to affect further assignments. page 4, lines 13-14: the term "virtual assignment" denotes interaction among participants via electronic communication. page 5, lines 4-6: The present invention provides systems and operational capabilities for a series of 5 computer-aided games that are entertaining by themselves, and which enable singles to get to know other singles in a positive, encouraging atmosphere.

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Claims

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A system configured to facilitate real world dating between a plurality of users, the system comprising:electronic storage configured to store user profiles corresponding to users, the user profiles comprising:a first user profile that includes user information related to a first user, the user information comprising real world contact information, virtual space contact information, user description information, user match preferences, and match activity preferences; and

a second user profile that includes user information related to a second user, the user information comprising real world contact information, virtual space contact information, user description information, user match preferences, and match activity preferences;

one or more virtual space servers including one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules being configured to serve a virtual space in which avatars representing the users are controlled by the users to interact;

one or more system servers including one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising:a match module configured to propose romantic matches between users based on user description information;

an activity provision module configured to provide activities for users based on matches proposed by the match module, wherein the activities are conducted via interactive, electronic social media, and wherein the activities are generated such that responsive to a proposed romantic match between the first user and the second user the activity module provides an activity to the first user and the second user that the first user and the second user participate in via interactive, electronic social media, the activity for the first user and the second user having one or more objectives to be completed by the first user and the second user in the interactive, electronic social media; and

an information release module configured such that responsive to the first user and the second user completing an objective of the activity via the interactive, electronic social media, the information release module provides:virtual space contact information from the first user profile to the second user that enables the second user to locate an avatar in the virtual space representing the first user, and

virtual space contact information from the second user profile to the first user that enables the first user to locate an avatar in the virtual space representing the second user.

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The prior art covers the general concepts of an online matching service, and covers the specifics of online games used in the matching service.

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Summary / Description	The present invention relates to computer-aided social activities, and in particular to computer-aided interpersonal activities for matchmaking.

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