AFFINITY MATCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

An affinity matching system and method for identifying nearby users with shared affinities including a data processing system comprising a computer program tangibly embodied on a memory device. The computer program includes an affinity user group preprocessing module configured to define at least one affinity user group, each affinity user group comprising a plurality of user profiles of users having matching affinities. The preprocessed affinity user groups are available for processing by the affinity matching system in response to match queries in real-time. The user profile includes an affinity profile of a user. The computer program also includes a request module configured to accept an affinity request, the affinity request comprising a match query. The computer program also includes an affinity matching module coupled to the request module and configured to process the affinity request to determine at least one matching user profile within the at least one preprocessed affinity user groups based on the match query. The match query may further incorporate weight factors expressing the importance of affinities, geographic proximity, and match time for matched users. A rendering module is coupled to the affinity matching module and configured to present the at least one matching user profile.