Archive for May, 2004

Mature dating, Technology helps seniors find new romantic partners

Monday, May 31st, 2004

Jack Luizzi guesses he’s dated 50 women since his wife died five years ago - and the retired Sears Roebuck manager considers that a slack pace.Beckoned by a lavish buffet of Internet dating sites, Luizzi, 75, can sound like a teen-age boy who has crept into the girls’ locker room.”I specify women between 58 and […]

Matchmaker claims love patent

Monday, May 31st, 2004

SAN JOSE — Chemistry? Forget it. Psychology and statistics best determine whether two people will have a happy marriage. At least so claims an online dating service that’s patented its matchmaking formula.EHarmony.com Inc. this month received U.S. Patent No. 6,735,568, which describes a “method and system for identifying people who are likely to have a […]

A patent on love

Monday, May 31st, 2004

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Chemistry? Forget it. Psychology and statistics best determine whether two people will have a happy marriage. At least so claims an online dating service that’s patented its matchmaking formula.EHarmony.com Inc. this month received U.S. Patent No. 6,735,568, which describes a “method and system for identifying people who are likely to have […]

LETTING THE COMPUTER DECIDE WHEN LOOKING FOR ONLINE LOVE

Monday, May 31st, 2004

Chemistry? Forget it. Psychology and statistics best determine whether two people will have a happy marriage. At least so claims an online dating service that’s patented its matchmaking formula.EHarmony.com Inc. this month received U.S. Patent No. 6,735,568, which describes a “method and system for identifying people who are likely to have a successful relationship.”Not surprisingly, […]

Senior Notes

Sunday, May 30th, 2004

Online dating for seniors up 122% on Match.com More than a million U.S. men and women over age 65 are testing the promise of computer-assisted love, according to Nielsen/Net Ratings, an Internet tracking service. Living longer than ever, and using Viagra and high-speed modems, American seniors are the new hot market for Internet dating […]

Online dating tips get replies

Sunday, May 30th, 2004

Last week’s column on online dating sites generated responses from around the country. Here’s a sampling: Art Fyvolent e-mailed me from Florida to tell about his dating site for Jewish singles which he says “has raised the bar on what a singles site should be. J2J Singles ( www.J2JSingles.com ) is rich in Jewish content, […]

Late-in-life love is taken to new level

Saturday, May 29th, 2004

LA Times photo/STEPHEN OSMAN Jack Luizzi, 75, whose profile is shown on Match.com, has been dating online for five years. Beckoned by a lavish buffet of Internet dating sites, Jack Luizzi, 75, can sound like a teenage boy who has crept into the girls’ locker room. “ I specify women between 58 and 75, […]

Online dating service devises formula for love - then patents it

Saturday, May 29th, 2004

Chemistry? Forget it. Psychology and statistics best determine whether two people will have a happy marriage. At least, so claims an online dating service that has patented its matchmaking formula.EHarmony.com Inc. this month received U.S. Patent No. 6,735,568, which describes a “method and system for identifying people who are likely to have a successful relationship.” […]

Matchmaking move: Equations, databases, An online dating service receives the ‘love patent’

Saturday, May 29th, 2004

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Chemistry? Forget it. Psychology and statistics best determine whether two people will have a happy marriage. At least so claims an online dating service that’s patented its matchmaking formula.EHarmony.com Inc. this month received U.S. Patent No. 6,735,568, which describes a “method and system for identifying people who are likely to have […]

‘Love patent’ lets computer decide matches

Friday, May 28th, 2004

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Chemistry? Forget it. Psychology and statistics best determine whether two people will have a happy marriage. At least so claims an online dating service that’s patented its matchmaking formula.EHarmony.com Inc. this month received U.S. Patent No. 6,735,568, which describes a “method and system for identifying people who are likely to have […]