Method and apparatus for arranging social meetings

A method for arranging, for a community of subscribers, social meetings at offered attractions, the method comprising:

• receiving a wish-list from each participating subscriber from a plurality of subscribers from the community, said wish-list of said participating subscriber including:
• a scoring of said participating subscriber's level of interest for meeting other subscribers from the community,
• a ranking of said participating subscriber's level of interest for attractions from the offered attractions, and
• a timing of said participating subscriber's preferred schedule for visiting the offered attractions;
• generating an encounter, said generating including:
• picking an ensemble of subscribers for said encounter in response to said wish-lists of said plurality of subscribers,
• assigning an attraction from the offered attractions for said encounter, and
• selecting a schedule for said encounter;
• and
• presenting said encounter to said ensemble's subscribers.

An apparatus for arranging, for a community of subscribers, social meetings at offered attractions, the apparatus comprising:

• a subscriber interface communicating with subscriber terminals;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• communicate with said subscriber terminals and receive a wish-list from each participating subscriber from a plurality of subscribers from the community, said wish-list includes a scoring of said participating subscriber's level of interest for meeting other subscribers from the community,
• generate an encounter, said generate operation includes picking an ensemble of subscribers for said encounter in response to said wish-lists of said plurality of subscribers and assigning an attraction from the offered attractions to said ensemble, and
• communicate with subscriber terminals of the ensemble's subscribers and present said encounter to said ensemble's subscribers.

An apparatus for arranging, for a community of subscribers, social meetings at offered attractions, the apparatus comprising:

• (i) a subscriber interface communicating with subscriber terminals;
• and (ii) a processor is further configured to:
• communicate with said subscriber terminals and receive a wish-list from each participating subscriber from a plurality of subscribers from the community, said wish-list of said participating subscriber includes:
• a scoring of said participating subscriber's level of interest for meeting other subscribers from the community,
• a ranking of said participating subscriber's level of interest for attractions from the offered attractions, and
• a timing of said participating subscriber's preferred schedule for visiting the offered attractions;
• generate of an encounter, said generate operation includes:
• picking an ensemble of subscribers for said encounter in response to said wish-lists of said plurality of subscribers,
• assigning an attraction from the offered attractions for said encounter, and
• selecting a schedule for said encounter;
• and
• present said encounter to said ensemble's subscribers.

A system for arranging, for a community of subscribers, social meetings at offered attractions, the system comprising:

• a plurality of subscriber terminals operable by the subscribers;
• and
• an encounter generator configured to:
• communicate with said subscriber terminals and receive a wish-list from each participating subscriber from a plurality of subscribers from the community, said wish-list includes a scoring of said participating subscriber's level of interest for meeting other subscribers from the community,
• generate an encounter, said generate operation includes picking an ensemble of subscribers for said encounter in response to said wish-lists of said plurality of subscribers and assigning an attraction to said ensemble,
• communicate with subscriber terminals of the ensemble's subscribers for presenting said encounter to said ensemble's subscribers, and
• repeat said generate operation at least one additional time.

A software product stored on a computer-readable medium to instruct a computer to:

• communicate with community subscribers and receive a wish-list from each participating subscriber from a plurality of subscribers from said community;
• generate an encounter, said generate includes:
• picking an ensemble of subscribers for said encounter in response to said wish-lists of said plurality of subscribers, and assigning an attraction to said ensemble;
• and
• communicate with the ensemble's subscribers and present said encounter to said ensemble's subscribers.