Enabling connections between and events attended by people

• US 20070198324A1
• Filed: 02/22/2006
• Published: 08/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: nTAG Interactive Corp. (Cvent Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: nTAG Interactive Corp. (Cvent Incorporated)
• Inventors: Eberstadt, George, Borovoy, Richard, Kao, George, Bhargava, Rahul
• Application Number:
  US11/359,878
• Publication Number:
  US 20070198324A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.38
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations

Abstract

Through a user interface on a computer, a user is enabled to define questions to be answered by attendees of an event, the answers to the questions being indicative of connections corresponding to pairs of attendees, a computer receives answers to the questions from the attendees through a user interface, and based on the answers, provides information to attendees to facilitate face-to-face interaction between the pairs of attendees. Through a user interface on a computer, a user is enabled to view a graphical device that is representative of a current satisfaction of attendees of an event based on two or more factors associated with satisfaction while the event is occurring.

Claims

1. A method comprising

through a user interface on a computer, enabling a user to define questions to be answered by attendees of an event, the answers to the questions being indicative of connections corresponding to pairs of attendees,

receiving answers to the questions from the attendees through a user interface on a computer, and

based on the answers, providing information to attendees through a computer to facilitate face-to-face interaction between the pairs of attendees.

2. A method comprising

through a user interface on a computer, enabling an attendee of an event to provide answers to questions, the answers being indicative of connections of attendees to other attendees of the event, and

enabling the attendees to view, through the user interface, connections of the attendee to other attendees who have been selected based on connections indicated by answers of the attendees to the questions.

3. A method comprising

through a user interface on a computer, enabling a user to define a putative connection between attendees of an event, the putative connection corresponding to an objective of the event, and

on a computer, determining actual connections between attendees of the event corresponding to the putative connection based on information provided by the attendees.

4. A method comprising

enabling a user, through a user interface on a computer, to define connections between attendees of an event that will enhance a measure of success of the event, and

based on the defined connections, causing electronic badges worn by the attendees at the event to facilitate the defined connections.

5. A method comprising

through a user interface on a computer, enabling a user to view a graphical device that is representative of a current satisfaction of attendees of an event based on two or more factors associated with satisfaction while the event is occurring.

6. The method of claim 5 in which the graphical device illustrates performance against the two or more factors in a single integrated graphical representation.

7. A method comprising

on a computer,

receiving an identification of a relationship between values,

receiving an identification of an attribute,

determining that a person is associated with a value of the attribute having the identified relationship, and

on the basis of the determination, identifying the person as belonging to a group.

8. The method of claim 7 in which the determining comprises determining that the person is associated with the same value of the attribute as another person.

9. The method of claim 7 in which the determining comprises determining that the person is associated with a different value of the attribute than another person.

10. The method of claim 7 in which the determining comprises determining that the person is associated with a specific value of the attribute.

11. The method of claim 10 in which the specific value of the attribute is based on a value of the attribute associated with another person.

12. A method comprising

on a computer,

providing a user interface that allows a user to

identify a relationship between values, and

identify a relationship.

13. A method comprising

on a computer,

providing a user interface that

allows a user to associate values of attributes with the user, and

displays to the user other users based on the values of attributes and on values of attributes associated with the other users.

14. A method comprising

on a computer,

receiving first information about behavior of people,

receiving second information about a correlation of behavior of people to a first measurement,

based on the first information and the second information, predicting a value of the first measurement, and

displaying the first information, the predicted value, and a relationship between the first information and the predicted value.

15. The method of claim 14 in which

the first information comprises at least two second measurements,

the second information comprises an indication that at least one of the second measurements is correlated to the first measurement, and

displaying the relationship comprises indicating which of the second measurements is correlated to the first measurement.

16. The method of claim 15 in which

the second information comprises an indication that on prior occasions,

groups of people were associated with at least two different values of the first measurement, and

the groups of people associated with different values of the first measurement were associated with different values of at least one of the second measurements.