Systems and methods for a social facilitator service
AssigneeUnited Video Properties, Inc.
InventorDavid Wheatley
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Abstract
Systems and methods for providing social event recommendations to a user are provided. In particular, a user may be presented with recommendations for social events based on the user's interests, geographic location, or any other suitable constraints. A social event recommendation engine may additionally suggest friends, from the user's social network, that the user may wish to invite along to a recommended social event. The user may also be presented advertisements with the social event recommendations.
Claims21
A method for recommending a social event to a user, the method comprising:
- storing in a memory:
- a user profile including characteristics of the user's interests, and
- a plurality of social events;
- selecting, using a processor, a characteristic of the user's interests from the user profile;
- cross-referencing a social event characteristic associated with respective ones of the plurality of events with the selected user characteristic;
- selecting the social event associated with the social event characteristic that matches the selected user characteristic;
- selecting, using the processor, a subset of friends of the user, wherein each of the friends in the subset of the friends has a user profile characteristic matching the social event characteristic;
- and
- recommending the selected social event to the user and the selected subset of the friends.
A system for recommending a social event to a user, the system comprising:
- a memory for storing:
- a user profile including characteristics of the user's interests, and
- a plurality of social events;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- select a characteristic of the user's interests from the user profile;
- cross-reference a social event characteristic associated with respective ones of the plurality of events with the selected user characteristic;
- select the social event associated with the social event characteristic that matches the selected user characteristic;
- select a subset of the friends of the user, wherein each of the friends in the subset of the friends has a user profile characteristic matching the social event characteristic;
- and
- recommend the selected social event to the user and the selected subset of the friends.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.