User preferences based synthesis of group recommendations

A method for use by a system including a computing platform having a processing hardware and a system memory storing an asset library and a software code including a recommendation engine, the method comprising:

• receiving, by the software code executed by the processing hardware, from a user, a group generation data and a preferences profile of the user, the group generation data identifying a group including the user and at least one other user;
• sending to the at least one other user, by the software code executed by the processing hardware, an invitation to join the group;
• modifying or redacting, by the software code executed by the processing hardware in response to receiving an acceptance of the invitation and input from the at least one other user, a subset of preferences in an original preferences profile of the at least one other user to generate a preferences profile of the at least one other user, wherein the modified or redacted subset of preferences in the original preferences profile is less than all preferences included in the original preferences profile;
• obtaining, by the software code executed by the processing hardware in response to receiving the acceptance of the invitation, the preferences profile of the at least one other user;
• generating, by the software code executed by the processing hardware and using the preferences profile of the user and the preferences profile of the at least one other user, a group preferences profile for the group;
• identifying, by the software code executed by the processing hardware and using the recommendation engine, the group preferences profile, and a selection criterion other than the group preferences profile, one or more assets in the asset library for the group;
• and
• outputting a group recommendation, by the software code executed by the processing hardware, the group recommendation identifying the identified one or more assets.