US Patent 7739231 Mutual commit people matching process

A method and system for an automatic people matching with a mutual commit process is described. The process includes a recommender system that generates people recommendations based, at least in part, on inferences of preferences derived from system usage behaviors. The process also includes variations of a mutual commitment process that may only reveal a first party's interest in making their expression of interest with a second party if a reciprocal interest in revealing expression of interest is indicated.