SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING GROUP ACTIVITIES OVER A DATA NETWORK

摘要

Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus for automatically aggregating a plurality of system users into participants for a group activity. In some embodiments, the method comprises generating a personal profile of each system user; generating one or more preference profiles of a desired participant for a respective group activity; identifying the personal profiles of the system users that meet the one or more preference profiles; comparing information in the personal profiles to determine a strength-of-match between system users populating the group activity; optionally grouping of the participants into a plurality of subgroups according to the strength-of-match between each member of the subgroup; and assigning the participants to the group activity based on the strength-of-match. The present invention automates the process of organizing groups of friends and/or strangers for participation in group activities, such as movie outings, sports outings, company events, and so on.

主权项

1. A system for automatically determining participation in a group activity having a plurality of participants from among a plurality of users of the system, the system comprising a non-transitory, computer-readable data storage medium comprising program code that can be executed; and a processor that is adapted to execute the program code to:
provide a mechanism enabling a user to define a group activity for participation by one or both of the user and other users; enable the user through an interactive interface to create a group profile useful for matching the other users individually as potential participants in the group activity; serve to the network user an interactive interface for submitting attributes for inclusion into the group profile data; receive, from the user, through the interactive interface, attributes of other users desirable for participation in the group activity; store the group profile associated with the user; generate one or more preference profiles of a desired participant for the group activity; identify the personal profiles of the users that meet the one or more preference profiles; determine an initial pricing for participation in the group activity; and recommend a subset of the users as the plurality of participants in the group activity based on the preference profiles and the personal profiles of the users and the group profile.