System and method for providing an event-based community
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1. A method for producing electronic invitations and for storing event information for a plurality of users comprising the steps of:
- receiving from a first user invitation information, the invitation information including information about an event and about a plurality of recipients of the invitation;
storing invitation information in a database sending invitation information to the plurality of recipients; and
receiving from at least one of the plurality of recipients a response to the invitation.
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Abstract
A system and method for producing electronic invitations and for storing event information including receiving invitation information from a first user, the invitation information including information about an event and about recipients of the invitation, storing invitation information in a database, sending invitation information to the invitation recipients, and receiving from at least one of the invitation recipients a response to the invitation.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for producing electronic invitations and for storing event information for a plurality of users comprising the steps of:
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receiving from a first user invitation information, the invitation information including information about an event and about a plurality of recipients of the invitation;
storing invitation information in a database sending invitation information to the plurality of recipients; and
receiving from at least one of the plurality of recipients a response to the invitation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for producing electronic invitations for an event comprising:
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a database coupled to a computer network for storing information about invitations, recipients, responses, and events;
a server coupled to the computer network, configured to receive event information from an event host, prepare invitations to the event, send the invitations to a plurality of recipients, and receive a response to the sent invitation from at least one of the plurality of recipients. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computerized method for creating event based communities comprising the steps of:
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storing information about a plurality of events;
receiving a request for information about a plurality of events;
sending a list of a subset of a plurality of events in response to the request for information about a plurality of events;
receiving a request for information about at least one of the subset of the plurality of events; and
sending information about the at least one of the subset of the plurality of events requested. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A computer readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions including instructions for creating electronic invitations, the instructions, when executed by a microprocessor, cause the microprocessor to perform the steps of:
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prompting an event host to enter an event type;
receiving from the event host the event type;
prompting the event host to select a date of an event;
receiving from the event host the date of the event;
prompting the event host to enter invitation text;
receiving from the event host invitation text;
prompting the event host to select invitation attributes;
receiving from the event host invitation attributes;
prompting the event host to select invitees;
receiving from the event host a selection of invitees;
sending an invitation to the selection of invitees;
receiving a response from at least one of the selection of invitees.
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23. A computer readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions including instructions for creating electronic invitations, the instructions, when executed by a microprocessor, cause the microprocessor to perform the steps of:
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storing information about a plurality of events and a plurality of hosts and invitees of the events;
receiving from a user a request for information about an event;
sending to the user information about at least one of the events associated with the user;
prompting the user to enter at least one of the group consisting of text, photographs, audio and video about the at least one of the events associated with the user;
receiving from a user at least one of the group consisting of text, photographs, audio and video about the at least one of the events associated with the user;
storing the at least one of the group consisting of text, photographs, audio and video received from the user as information about the event for later sending in response to requests from other users for information about the associated event.
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