Patents by Inventor J. Galen Buckwalter

J. Galen Buckwalter has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKELY TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIP
    Publication number: 20140180942
    Abstract: The functions and operations of a matching service are disclosed. This includes approximating the satisfaction that a user of the matching service has in the relationships that the user forms with others and identifying candidates for a relationship with the user based on the approximated satisfaction. This also includes approximating the satisfaction that the user will have in a relationship with a particular candidate. The matching service also identifies two parties for a relationship. The matching service makes available a plurality of communication levels at which the parties can communicate. Each communication level allows the parties to exchange information in a different format. The parties are permitted to exchange information at one of the communication levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: eHarmony, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Galen Buckwalter, Steven R. Carter, Gregory T. Forgatch, Thomas D. Parsons, Neil Clark Warren
  • Method and system for identifying people who are likely to have a successful relationship
    Patent number: 8635167
    Abstract: The functions and operations of a matching service are disclosed. This includes approximating the satisfaction that a user of the matching service has in the relationships that the user forms with others and identifying candidates for a relationship with the user based on the approximated satisfaction. This also includes approximating the satisfaction that the user will have in a relationship with a particular candidate. The matching service also identifies two parties for a relationship. The matching service makes available a plurality of communication levels at which the parties can communicate. Each communication level allows the parties to exchange information in a different format. The parties are permitted to exchange information at one of the communication levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: eHarmony, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Galen Buckwalter, Steven R. Carter, Gregory T. Forgatch, Thomas D. Parsons, Neil Clark Warren
  • Creating tests to identify fraudulent users
    Patent number: 8595801
    Abstract: Member profile information for a control set of one or more control members and for a fraudulent set of one or more fraudulent members are obtained. Each member in the control set is at least believed to be legitimate and each member in the fraudulent set is at least suspected of being fraudulent. A test associated with identifying fraudulent members is generated using the member profile information for the control set and for the fraudulent set; the test inputs one or more pieces of member profile information for a member being tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: eHarmony, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Galen Buckwalter, Erina Lee, Robert Scott Ackerman, Ella Ruth Grutman
  • CREATING TESTS TO IDENTIFY FRAUDULENT USERS
    Publication number: 20120272305
    Abstract: Member profile information for a control set of one or more control members and for a fraudulent set of one or more fraudulent members are obtained. Each member in the control set is at least believed to be legitimate and each member in the fraudulent set is at least suspected of being fraudulent. A test associated with identifying fraudulent members is generated using the member profile information for the control set and for the fraudulent set; the test inputs one or more pieces of member profile information for a member being tested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: EHARMONY, INC.
    Inventors: J. Galen Buckwalter, Erina Lee, Robert Scott Ackerman, Ella Ruth Grutman
  • Creating tests to identify fraudulent users
    Patent number: 8245282
    Abstract: A test to identify fraudulent users of an online group is generated. Data associated with a control group is obtained. Data associated with a fraudulent group is obtained. A test to identify fraudulent users of the online group is generated by comparing the data associated with the control group and the data associated with the fraudulent group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: eHarmony, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Galen Buckwalter, Erina Lee, Robert Scott Ackerman, Ella Ruth Grutman
  • Method and system for identifying people who are likely to have a successful relationship
    Publication number: 20090106043
    Abstract: The functions and operations of a matching service are disclosed. This includes approximating the satisfaction that a user of the matching service has in the relationships that the user forms with others and identifying candidates for a relationship with the user based on the approximated satisfaction. This also includes approximating the satisfaction that the user will have in a relationship with a particular candidate. The matching service also identifies two parties for a relationship. The matching service makes available a plurality of communication levels at which the parties can communicate. Each communication level allows the parties to exchange information in a different format. The parties are permitted to exchange information at one of the communication levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: J. Galen Buckwalter, Steven R. Carter, Gregory T. Forgatch, Thomas D. Parsons, Neil Clark Warren
  • Method and system for identifying people who are likely to have a successful relationship
    Patent number: 7454357
    Abstract: The functions and operations of a matching service are disclosed. This includes approximating the satisfaction that a user of the matching service has in the relationships that the user forms with others and identifying candidates for a relationship with the user based on the approximated satisfaction. This also includes approximating the satisfaction that the user will have in a relationship with a particular candidate. The matching service also identifies two parties for a relationship. The matching service makes available a plurality of communication levels at which the parties can communicate. Each communication level allows the parties to exchange information in a different format. The parties are permitted to exchange information at one of the communication levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: eHarmony, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Galen Buckwalter, Steven R. Carter, Gregory T. Forgatch, Thomas D. Parsons, Neil Clark Warren
  • Method and system for identifying people who are likely to have a successful relationship
    Publication number: 20040162821
    Abstract: The functions and operations of a matching service are disclosed. This includes approximating the satisfaction that a user of the matching service has in the relationships that the user forms with others and identifying candidates for a relationship with the user based on the approximated satisfaction. This also includes approximating the satisfaction that the user will have in a relationship with a particular candidate. The matching service also identifies two parties for a relationship. The matching service makes available a plurality of communication levels at which the parties can communicate. Each communication level allows the parties to exchange information in a different format. The parties are permitted to exchange information at one of the communication levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: J. Galen Buckwalter, Steven R. Carter, Gregory T. Forgatch, Thomas D. Parsons, Neil Clark Warren
  • Method and system for identifying people who are likely to have a successful relationship
    Patent number: 6735568
    Abstract: The functions and operations of a matching service are disclosed. This includes approximating the satisfaction that a user of the matching service has in the relationships that the user forms with others and identifying candidates for a relationship with the user based on the approximated satisfaction. This also includes approximating the satisfaction that the user will have in a relationship with a particular candidate. The matching service also identifies two parties for a relationship. The matching service makes available a plurality of communication levels at which the parties can communicate. Each communication level allows the parties to exchange information in a different format. The parties are permitted to exchange information at one of the communication levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Eharmony.com
    Inventors: J. Galen Buckwalter, Steven R. Carter, Gregory T. Forgatch, Thomas D. Parsons, Neil Clark Warren