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(12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2002/0160339 A1
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King et al.
(54) MATCHMAKING SEARCH SYSTEM
(76) Inventors: Walter King, New York, NY (US);
Borislav Mezhericher, KeW Gardens,
NY (US)
Oct. 31, 2002
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ABSTRACT
people’s combined astrological compatibility, Which is cal
culated as a Weighted average of people’s compatibilities
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10/099,125
under different astrological teachings. The matchmaking is
accomplished by constructing a table of combined compat
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based on this combined compatibility. Each pair of com
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?led on Feb. 16, 2001.
ibility and allowing people to search various data sources
bined astrological signs Within the table is assigned a
combined compatibility number depending on astrological
compatibility of the people Within this pair. The method and
softWare program, are based on Western and Chinese com
bined, cross-referenced astrological compatibility charts.
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differences, but this can-be quickly resoived. Basicaéi'y, the Rabbit and the Do: have
many points in common‘ Both are honest, helpfui and devoted to detail. Mate \ .
success however can be elusive, as both are not particuiariy ambitious. The addition of
a more dynamic, competitive partner wquld be Ideal.
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MATCHMAKING SEARCH SYSTEM
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation in part of the US.
patent application Ser. No. 09/788,010, ?led on Feb. 16,
2001, and claims all rights of priority thereto.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention is generally related to the ?eld of
online and offline dating and matchmaking according to
astrological compatibility betWeen people. More speci?
is traditionally said, Mr. Clinton Was born in The Year of
Dog. People born in the Year of Dog are believed to be loyal,
trustWorthy, friendly, kind and unsel?sh. According to Chi
nese astrological tradition Dogs are most compatible With
Tigers and Horses, but do not get along With Dragons.
Among famous people born in the Chinese astrological Year
of Dog are Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Sharon Stone,
Winston Churchill, President George W. Bush.
[0007] Traditional Western astrology books (as Well as
Chinese, Vedic and most of other conventional astrological
cally, the present invention relates to the method and system
systems) describe hoW, for example, hoW Gemini gets along
for searching various on-line and off-line data sources for a
With Scorpio, or Rooster With Snake, etc. Relationships are
person’s best astrologically compatible match.
described as “balanced”, “dif?cult, but possible”, “compat
ible and stable”, “you are lucky to ?nd each other” and in
similar Ways With great detail—sometime up to 5-6 book
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
[0003] Relationship Astrology is based on these tWo major
principles: HoW individual of particular person formed and
develops depends to some degree on the folloWing factors:
his place, day, month, year, hour and minute of birth. These
factors are directly responsible for forming a combination of
astrological characteristics of this person. Some major astro
pages regarding every possible pair. Sometimes those
descriptions are expressed as rating numbers, like, for
instance, 10 (ten) for the best compatible pair and 0 (Zero)
for the least compatible. The above-mentioned examples,
When compatibility is numerically rated, or, in other Words,
logical characteristics of the person are also called his
sional compatibility.
astrological signs. There are many astrological signs that
expressed in rating numbers, are instances of one-dimen
every person has. For example, every person has Chinese
Year or Animal sign, Western Month or Zodiac sign, Vedic
[0008] One-dimensional compatibility is a numerically
expressed compatibility betWeen tWo signs in conventional
Sign, Moon sign, Rising Sign etc. For the sake of simplicity,
let’s call the unique combination of person’s astrological
characteristics his “MultiSign”. HoW particular person is
astrological system. For example, compatibility betWeen
compatible With another person in love, Work and other life
activities depends on hoW these tWo MultiSigns compatible
With each other.
[0004] There are tWo major astrological systems or tradi
tions that are currently in most advanced stage of develop
ment: Western Astrology and Chinese Astrology.
Cancer and Libra in Western astrology or betWeen Tiger and
Dragon in Chinese astrology Would fall under this de?nition.
[0009] In this explanation We’ll talk not only about one
dimensional, but rather about tWo- and multi-dimensional
compatibilities.
[0010] Multi-dimensional compatibility betWeen tWo
people can be de?ned as Weighted average [or otherWise
[0005] In Western astrology, main characteristics of a
person are in some extent determined by his/her Zodiac (or
Sun) Sign. Zodiac Sign of a person is established by one of
12 constellations in Which the Sun Was located When the
person Was born. There are tWelve Zodiac Signs in Western
Astrology: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,
Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces.
Former president Bill Clinton, for example, Was born on
August 19, When the Sun Was in the constellation of Leo.
Accordingly his Zodiac Sign is Leo. People born under sign
of Leo are believed to be courageous, generous and respon
sible. According to Western astrological tradition Leo is
most compatible With Aries and Sagittarius, and does not get
along With Capricorn. Among famous people born under the
Western Zodiac sign of Leo are Robert Redford, Alfred
Hitchcock,
Bonaparte.
[0006]
Jacqueline
Kennedy-Onassis,
Napoleon
In Chinese astrology, every year is believed to be
governed by one of tWelve legendary animals. Every such
“Animal Year” determines main character traits of people
born Within this year. The tWelve animals are Rat, Ox, Tiger,
calculated balance] of one-dimensional compatibilities
betWeen these tWo persons’ MultiSigns.
[0011] In this explanation We’ll use example of Double
Astrology. Double Astrology is the ?rst revolutionary blend
of tWo conventional (Chinese and Western) astrological
traditions. For a long time World astrologers Were divided as
folloWers of the Western, the Chinese, Vedic, Celtic or other
astrological schools. Therefore, a person Was considered to
be a representative of either 12 Western Sun Signs or 12
Chinese Animals, depending on the school a particular
astrologer folloWed. Recently, hoWever, leading astrologers
of both schools started a movement toWards blending the
tWo systems. NoW, it is more and more Widely believed that
every person is a representative of one of 144 (12x12)
astrological combinations, each of these combinations being
a person’s sun sign (determined by his/her lunar month of
birth) and animal sign (determined by his/her lunar year of
birth). So, Mr. Clinton’s astrological sign is considered to be
not just a Leo, as Western astrologers Would believe, or a
Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog,
Dog, as Chinese astrologers Would believe, but a combina
and Pig. To continue the example of former president Bill
tion of these tWo, i.e., the Leo/Dog. Therefore, another
Clinton, Who Was born in 1946, that year Was the Year of the
person born in the same Chinese Astrological Year of Dog,
Dog according to Chinese Astrology. Consequently, his
but under different Western Sign (say Gemini), Will be
Animal Sign according to Chinese astrology is Dog, or as it
characteriZed by a different DoubleSign—Dog/Gemini. The
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above system Will result in 12 combined signs for each
animal year, thus resulting in 144 astrological combinations.
[0016] Additionally, there is currently no uniform system
for people to search for their compatible match using various
[0012] In recent years Chinese and Western astrological
systems are being integrated into Double Astrology. This
available databases. Thus, a person looking for an astrologi
cal match can search only databases of astrology-related
Websites. HoWever, there is no tool, Which Would alloW this
person to enter his/her criteria and then perform a global
breakthrough integration of tWo most popular astrological
systems dramatically changed the approach to assessment of
search of all databases to ?nd an astrological match.
compatibility betWeen signs and even the core meaning of
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
term Astrological Sign of the individual. These days the
individual is perceived not as one dimensional one sign
[0017]
carrier, but rather a representative of DoubleSign (unique
method and system for determining people’s combined
combination of Chinese Animal and Western Sun signs) or
even as MultiSign (combination of Chinese Animal Sign,
Chinese Element, Chinese Hour of Birth Sign, Western Sun
astrological compatibility.
Sign, Western Moon Sing, Western Rising Sign and more).
This is a progress in accepting and understanding person’s
complex and unique personality balance.
[0013] When typical astrological tradition like, for
instance, Western or Chinese, sees person as one out of 12
signs (12 is a prevalent number of signs in most astrological
It is an object of the present invention to provide a
[0018] It is also an object of the present invention to
provide a method and a system for performing a global
search of all available data sources for an astrological match.
[0019]
It is another object of the present invention to
provide a method and a searching tool alloWing a user to
perform search of data sources for possible partners based
on a combined astrological compatibility rating.
systems), the Double Astrology sees person as a unique
[0020]
blend of tWo astrological signs (Chinese Year & Western
Month Signs). This incorporation of tWo astrological signs is
called DoubleSign. Incorporation of more than tWo person’s
provide a method and system for determining people’s
combined astrological compatibility by constructing a table
of such combined compatibility.
astrological signs is called MultiSign.
[0014] When in Within one astrological tradition like
Western or Chinese We ?nd total of 12 signs—there Will be
144 possible combinations of those signs. For example:
[0021]
It is a further object of the present invention to
It is still a further object of the present invention to
provided handheld devices, gaming appliances and other
apparatuses that Will alloW people to search for partners by
using the combined astrological compatibility.
Aries With Aries, Aries With Taurus, Aries With Gemini, . .
[0022] Further objects and/or advantages of the invention
. Taurus With Aries, Taurus With Taurus, Taurus With Gemini,
Will become apparent in conjunction With the disclosure
. . . Gemini With Aries, Gemini With Taurus, Gemini With
herein.
Gemini, etc. If We don’t count repetitive combinations like,
for eXample, Aries With Gemini and Gemini With Aries, We
end up With less than 144 combinations. The number is 78.
present invention provides a method and system of match
[0015] When the tWo astrological systems are combined
together, there are 144 (12 Western><12 Chinese) combined
signs, that in turn creates 20,736 combinations, or 6,084
(78x78) Ways to make a unique, non-repetitive pair. Each
[0023] To accomplish the above-enumerated objects, the
making based on people’s combined astrological compat
ibility. The matchmaking is accomplished by constructing a
table of combined compatibility and alloWing people to
search a provided database, as Well as other data sources
available both on-line and off-line, based on this combined
individual pair Will have its oWn compatibility rating. By
reducing these compatibility ratings to numeric or percent
compatibility. Each pair of MultiSigns Within the table is
age terms and organiZing them into a combined compatibil
astrological compatibility of the people Within this pair.
Compatibility table of combined astrological signs, consist
ity table, a neW method of studying peoples’ compatibility
is created. In addition to studying the compatibility, this
method may be used for matchmaking, i.e., ?nding astro
assigned a combined compatibility number depending on
ing of 144 roWs and 144 columns, alloW its user to determine
hoW different combined signs are astrologically compatible.
logically compatible partners. Many matchmaking services
focus only on traditional criteria, such as age, religion, build,
hair color, etc. While these are very important factors in
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
people’s relationships, often people can’t get along even if
they satisfy each other’s traditional, or stereotypical, criteria
[0024] Afull understanding of the invention can be gained
from the folloWing description of the preferred embodiments
When read in conjunction With the accompanying draWings
of an ideal match. Some matchmaking services include
in Which:
person’s astrological sign (mostly Western) as one of this
person’s characteristics, but they do not alloW people to
search for each other based on their combined astrological
signs. More importantly, none of the eXisting matchmaking
systems calculates a combined astrological compatibility
betWeen partners or alloWs its database to be searched based
on the combined compatibility criteria.
[0025] FIG. 1 is a preferred embodiment of the home page
interface of a Website presented in accordance With the
present invention;
[0026] FIG. 2 is a preferred embodiment of the sign
calculator query interface in accordance With the present
invention;