US Patent Issued to PLENTYOFFISH MEDIA on Aug. 25 for "Apparatus, method and article to facilitate matching of clients in a networked environment" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,286, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to PLENTYOFFISH MEDIA ULC (Vancouver, Canada).

"Apparatus, method and article to facilitate matching of clients in a networked environment" was invented by Markus Frind (Vancouver, Canada) and Steve Oldridge (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Information related to apparently successful matches between two entities is collected, and culled based on a later indication that the match failed. Matches between two entities may be generated based on comparative information with other entities who appear to share some characteristics or preferences. Matches may be based on actual actions, ...