Celebrity-based AR advertising and social network

A method for celebrity-based advertising, the method comprising:

• storing, in a server, a likeness of subject and a corresponding booking that includes parameters outlining availability of the subject;
• receiving, by the server and from agency devices, desirable booking parameters;
• determining, by the server, that the booking matches the desirable booking parameters;
• transmitting, by the server, a notification to the agency devices that the booking matches the desirable booking parameters and including information corresponding to the booking;
• notifying, by the server, agency devices that the booking is available for bidding and a description of the parameters;
• receiving, by the server and from the agency devices, multiple bids for the booking;
• determining, by the server, a winning bid from the multiple bids;
• notifying, by the server, at least one winning agency device that the at least one winning agency device corresponds to the winning bid;
• receiving or creating, by the server, a pitch that falls within the parameters of the booking and corresponds to the winning bid, the pitch including an augmented reality visual;
• receiving, by the server and from a first user device, a first image that includes the likeness of the subject or another likeness of the subject;
• determining, by the server, that the first image matches the likeness of the subject stored in the memory using a combination of biometrics, machine vision, and signal processing and further using machine learning such that the server determines that the first image matches the likeness of the subject regardless of an age of the subject in the first image or an age of the subject in the likeness, and regardless of an angle of the subject within the first image or an angle of the subject within the likeness;
• transmitting, by the server, the pitch to the first user device for outputting by the first user device in response to determining that the image matches the likeness of the subject such that the augmented reality visual is output on the first user device;
• receiving, by the server and from additional user devices, additional images of the subject;
• identifying, by the server, a plurality of user devices including the user device and the additional user devices as expressing interest in the subject based on receiving the first image and the additional images;
• and
• facilitating, by the server, communications between each of the plurality of user devices to facilitate a social network.

A method for celebrity-based advertising, the method comprising:

• storing, in a server, a likeness of subject and a corresponding booking that includes parameters outlining availability of the subject;
• receiving, by the server and from an agency device, desirable booking parameters;
• determining, by the server, that the booking matches the desirable booking parameters;
• transmitting, by the server, a notification to the agency device that the booking matches the desirable booking parameters and including information corresponding to the booking;
• receiving or creating, by the server, a pitch that falls within the parameters of the booking;
• receiving, by the server and from a first user device, a first image that includes the likeness of the subject or another likeness of the subject;
• determining, by the server, that the first image matches the likeness of the subject using biometrics, machine vision, signal processing, and machine learning such that the server determines that the first image matches the likeness of the subject regardless of an age of the subject in the first image or an age of the subject in the likeness, and regardless of an angle of the subject within the first image or an angle of the subject within the likeness;
• and
• transmitting, by the server, the pitch to the first user device for outputting by the first user device in response to determining that the first image matches the likeness of the subject, the pitch including an augmented reality visual that is output on a display of the first user device;
• receiving, by the server and from additional user devices, additional images of the subject;
• identifying, by the server, a plurality of user devices including the user device and the additional user devices as expressing interest in the subject based on receiving the first image and the additional images;
• and
• facilitating, by the server, communications between each of the plurality of user devices to simulate a social network.