US Patent Issued to Match Group Americas on Feb. 18 for "System and method for matching users based on selections made by third parties" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,204, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Match Group Americas LLC (Dallas).

"System and method for matching users based on selections made by third parties" was invented by Rahim Sherali Makani (Dallas), John Masten Mitchell (Dallas) and Kenneth Basil Hoskins (Plano, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes an interface and a processor. The interface sends and receives data over a network. The processor uses the interface to transmit a first series of profiles to a first user that includes recommended profiles for a second user. The processor uses the interface to receive a selection from the first user of a profile ...