US 2018/0025371 A1 · EVENT SPECTATOR CONNECTION TOOL

Abstract

An event spectator connection tool is a multiprocessor distributed computing system. A memory stores computer instructions that direct processors to maintain a social network database storing records associated with spectators and event hosts. For each spectator, a data structure represents a primary geographic region and a list of interests of the spectator. For each event host, a data structure represents a list of geographic regions and a list of services offered at each venue operated by the event host. The processors identify a primary event of interest, identify a first geographic region, predict an expected attendance to view the primary event of interest at a certain venue located in the first geographic region, and communicate information identifying a gathering to view the primary event of interest at the certain venue to spectators whose profile indicates that the first geographic region is conterminous with the spectator's primary geographic region and that the primary event of interest is represented in the respective spectator's list of interests.

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Dependent claims

A social network method to bring spectators having a common interest to a gathering to view an event at a venue, comprising:

administering a social network via a distributed computing system, the administering including:
maintaining a database of a plurality of spectators, each spectator having a spectator profile;
and
for each spectator of the plurality of spectators:
maintaining a first spectator data structure representing a primary geographic region of the respective spectator;
and
maintaining a second spectator data structure representing a list of interests of the respective spectator;
identifying a primary event of interest;
identifying a first geographic region;
predicting an expected attendance to view the primary event of interest at a certain venue located in a certain geographic region, by:
determining a total possible attendance;
determining a regional popularity of the event;
determining a global popularity of the event;
and
cooperatively attenuating the total possible attendance based on a combination of the regional popularity of the event and the global popularity of the event;
and
electronically communicating information identifying a certain gathering to view the primary event of interest at the certain venue to ones of the plurality of spectators whose spectator profile indicates:
that the certain geographic region is conterminous with the respective spectator's primary geographic region;
and
that the primary event of interest is represented in the respective spectator's list of interests.

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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium whose stored contents configure resources of a distributed computing system to perform a method that supplements a social network, the method comprising:

maintaining a database of a plurality of spectators, each spectator having a spectator profile, and for each spectator of the plurality of spectators:
maintaining a first spectator data structure representing a primary geographic region of the respective spectator;
and
maintaining a second spectator data structure representing a list of interests of the respective spectator;
maintaining a database of a plurality of event hosts, each event host having an event host profile, and for each event host of the plurality of event hosts:
maintaining a first event host data structure representing a list of geographic regions of the respective event host;
and
maintaining a second event host data structure representing a list of services offered at each venue operated by the respective event host;
maintaining a database of common interests, each common interest arranged for association with at least some of the plurality of event hosts and at least some of the plurality of spectators;
identifying a primary event of interest;
identifying a first geographic region;
predicting an expected attendance to view the primary event of interest at a certain venue located in a certain geographic region;
and
electronically communicating information identifying a certain gathering to view the primary event of interest at the certain venue to ones of the plurality of spectators whose spectator profile indicates:
that the certain geographic region is conterminous with the respective spectator's primary geographic region;
and
that the primary event of interest is represented in the respective spectator's list of interests.

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An event spectator connection tool, comprising:

a multiprocessor distributed computing system;
and
at least one memory coupled to the multiprocessor computing system, the at least one memory arranged to store computer instructions executable by processors of the multiprocessor distributed computing system, wherein the computer instructions are arranged to direct the processors to:
maintain a social network database storing records associated with each of a plurality of spectators and each of a plurality of event hosts, wherein each spectator has a spectator profile and wherein each event host has an event host profile;
for each spectator of the plurality of spectators:
maintain a first spectator data structure representing a primary geographic region of the respective spectator;
and
maintain a second spectator data structure representing a list of interests of the respective spectator;
for each event host of the plurality of event hosts:
maintain a first event host data structure representing a list of geographic regions of the respective event host;
and
maintain a second event host data structure representing a list of services offered at each venue operated by the respective event host;
identify a primary event of interest;
identify a first geographic region;
predict an expected attendance to view the primary event of interest at a certain venue located in a certain geographic region;
and
electronically communicate information identifying a certain gathering to view the primary event of interest at the certain venue to ones of the plurality of spectators whose spectator profile indicates:
that the certain geographic region is conterminous with the respective spectator's primary geographic region;
and
that the primary event of interest is represented in the respective spectator's list of interests.

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