METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE PARTICIPATION IN A NETWORKED ACTIVITY

摘要

Participation in a particular networked activity (from amongst a plurality of candidate networked activities) by a plurality of members of an affinity group is facilitated by gathering (101) information regarding availability of candidate members of the affinity group to participate in at least either of two of the plurality of candidate networked activities and then automatically using (102) that information to identify a particular networked activity as being suitable for at least two of the plurality of members of the affinity group. The gathered information can, as desired, comprise inferential information and/or direct information regarding the availability of such candidate members to participate in such activities.