Patents by Inventor Stanley E. Woodby, Jr.

Stanley E. Woodby, Jr. 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).

  • Patent number: 8473490
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a feature in a network environment is provided that includes a central website operable to interface with one or more end users and to manage information related to one or more of the end users. One or more searches are conducted for one or more of the end users, and one or more attributes previously determined by a selected one of the end users are varied to offer one or more additional matches to the selected end user, and the additional matches are different from matches offered to the selected end user based on the previously determined attributes. In more specific embodiments, the central website offers the additional matches based on a number of current matches being served to the selected end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Match.com, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Francisco J. Bonilla, Sharmistha Dubey, Stanley E. Woodby, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20120226991
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, an apparatus is provided that includes a central website that interfaces with one or more end users to establish a profile for each of the end users to be used in matching the end users to each other for a potential relationship. Information is provided in the profile and the information includes relevant characteristics of corresponding end users. A first end user is asked one or more questions after their profile is established, the questions being posed to a second end user whose respective profile has also been established and whose profile has already been matched to the first end user's profile. Answers for the questions from the first and second end users are compared and a subsequent message is sent to the first end user if the answers provided by the first end user and the second end user are compatible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Ricky J. Drennan, Sharmistha Dubey, Amanda W. Ginsberg, Anna M. Roberts, Marty L. Smith, Stanley E. Woodby, JR.
  • Patent number: 8195668
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, an apparatus is provided that includes a central website that interfaces with one or more end users to establish a profile for each of the end users to be used in matching the end users to each other for a potential relationship. Information is provided in the profile and the information includes relevant characteristics of corresponding end users. A first end user is asked one or more questions after their profile is established, the questions being posed to a second end user whose respective profile has also been established and whose profile has already been matched to the first end user's profile. Answers for the questions from the first and second end users are compared and a subsequent message is sent to the first end user if the answers provided by the first end user and the second end user are compatible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Match.com, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Ricky J. Drennan, Sharmistha Dubey, Amanda W. Ginsberg, Anna M. Roberts, Marty L. Smith, Stanley E. Woodby, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20100077032
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, an apparatus is provided that includes a central website that interfaces with one or more end users to establish a profile for each of the end users to be used in matching the end users to each other for a potential relationship. Information is provided in the profile and the information includes relevant characteristics of corresponding end users. A first end user is asked one or more questions after their profile is established, the questions being posed to a second end user whose respective profile has also been established and whose profile has already been matched to the first end user's profile. Answers for the questions from the first and second end users are compared and a subsequent message is sent to the first end user if the answers provided by the first end user and the second end user are compatible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Ricky J. Drennan, Sharmistha Dubey, Amanda W. Ginsberg, Anna M. Roberts, Marty L. Smith, Stanley E. Woodby, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090070133
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a feature in a network environment is provided that includes a central website operable to interface with one or more end users and to manage information related to one or more of the end users. One or more searches are conducted for one or more of the end users, and one or more attributes previously determined by a selected one of the end users are varied to offer one or more additional matches to the selected end user, and the additional matches are different from matches offered to the selected end user based on the previously determined attributes. In more specific embodiments, the central website offers the additional matches based on a number of current matches being served to the selected end user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Francisco J. Bonilla, Sharmistha Dubey, Stanley E. Woodby, JR.