«We wanted to see if human intuition could succeed
where automated methods had failed,» Dr. Firas Khatib of the University of Washington Department of Biochemistry told Science Daily.
Here's some info on the patent... U.S. Patent 6,272,467 Inventors: Durand; Pierre E. (Chicago, IL), Low; Michael D. (Evanston, IL), Stoller; Melissa K. (Kenilworth, IL) Assignee: Spark Network Services, Inc. (Evanston, IL) Filed: January 16, 1997 This patent relates to an
automated method for identifying compatible matches
where participants are identified by a profile of traits and a set of criteria desired in at match.