ENTERTAINMENT PLATFORM WITH LAYERED ADVANCED SEARCH AND PROFILING TECHNOLOGY

• US 20080208844A1
• Filed: 02/26/2008
• Published: 08/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael D. Jenkins
• Original Assignee: Michael D. Jenkins
• Inventors: Jenkins, Michael D.
• Application Number:
  US12/037,763
• Publication Number:
  US 20080208844A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2425 Iterative querying; Query formulation based on the results of a preceding query
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

This disclosure provides various implementations for locating industry profiles representing members of an entertainment platform community. The software can query a plurality of industry profiles with a first set of search criteria associated with a target member of the entertainment platform community and generate a first cache of industry profiles based on the first set of search criteria, the first cache a subset of the plurality of industry profiles. Further, the software can query the first cache with a second set of search criteria, wherein the second set of criteria are mutually exclusive from the first set of criteria, and generate a second cache of industry profiles based on the second set of search criteria, the second cache a subset of the first cache of industry profiles. The software can then present information from at least one industry profile represented in the second cache to an interface.

Claims

1. Software for locating one or more industry profiles associated with an entertainment platform, each industry profile representing a member of an entertainment platform community, the software comprising computer readable instructions embedded on media and operable when executed to:

query a plurality of industry profiles with a first set of industry profile search criteria, wherein the first set of industry profile search criteria represents one or more criteria associated with a target member of the entertainment platform community;

generate a first cache of industry profiles based on the first set of industry profile search criteria, wherein the first cache of industry profiles is a subset of the plurality of industry profiles corresponding with the first set of industry profile search criteria;

query the first cache of industry profiles with a second set of industry profile search criteria, wherein the second set of industry profile search criteria represents one or more criteria associated with the target member of the entertainment platform community, the second set of industry profile search criteria mutually exclusive from the first set of industry profile search criteria;

generate a second cache of industry profiles based on the second set of industry profile search criteria, wherein the second cache of industry profiles is a subset of the first cache of industry profiles corresponding with the second set of industry profile search criteria; and

present information from at least one industry profile represented in the second cache to an interface.

2. The software of claim 1 further operable to extrapolate a set of data associated with the at least one industry profile for presentation to the interface.

3. The software of claim 2 further operable to generate a formal report including the extrapolated set of data associated with the at least one industry profile.

4. The software of claim 3, further operable to notify a client of the formal report generation.

5. The software of claim 3, wherein the formal report is generated in response to request from the client.

6. The software of claim 1, wherein the first and second sets of industry profile search criteria are received from the client through an industry profile search template.

7. The software of claim 1, wherein the second cache of industry profiles replaces the first cache of industry profiles in memory.

8. The software of claim 1, wherein the plurality of industry profiles are stored in a first storage location and the first and second caches of industry profiles are stored in a second storage location separate from the first storage location.

9. The software of claim 1 further operable to:

query the first cache of industry profiles with a third set of industry profile search criteria, wherein the third set of industry profile criteria represents one or more criteria associated with the target member of the entertainment platform community, the third set of industry profile search criteria mutually exclusive from the first set of industry profile search criteria and different from the second set of industry profile search criteria; and

generate a third cache of industry profiles based on the third set of industry profile search criteria, wherein the third cache of industry profiles is a subset of the first cache of industry profiles corresponding with the third set of industry profile search criteria and replaces the second cache of industry profiles in memory.

10. The software of claim 1, wherein the first set of search criteria comprises multiple parameters associated with the plurality of industry profiles.

11. The software of claim 10, wherein the multiple parameters comprising the first set of search criteria include more than one parameter for at least one industry profile search criteria.

12. The software of claim 1, wherein the set of data associated with each one of the plurality of industry profiles comprises one or more of the following:

data entered by the member of the entertainment platform community associated with the particular industry profile;

data from one or more industry profiles within the entertainment platform associated with other industry profiles, each of the one or more industry profiles associated with the particular industry profile; and

data from one or more sources external to the entertainment platform, each of the one or more industry profiles associated with the particular industry profile.

13. The software of claim 12, wherein the data from one or more sources external to the entertainment platform comprises data from one or more external social networking sites associated with the particular industry profile.

14. The software of claim 1, wherein the first and second sets of industry profile search criteria are provided by a member of the entertainment platform community.

15. The software of claim 14 further operable to automatically match the member of the entertainment platform community providing the first and second sets of industry profile search criteria with one or more members of the entertainment platform community associated with at least one of the industry profiles within the second cache of industry profiles.

16. The software of claim 15 further operable to facilitate contact between the member of the entertainment platform community providing the first and second sets of industry profile search criteria and at least one member of the entertainment platform community associated with at least one of the industry profiles within the second cache of industry profiles.

17. The software of claim 16, wherein the facilitated contact between the member of the entertainment platform community providing the first and second sets of industry profile search criteria and at least one member of the entertainment platform community comprises an attempt to enter a business relationship.

18. The software of claim 17, wherein the business relationship comprises a request to purchase media associated with the at least one member of the entertainment platform community.

19. The software of claim 17, wherein the business relationship comprises a request to book the at least one member of the entertainment platform community for one or more events.

20. The software of claim 17, wherein the business relationship comprises an attempt to sign the at least one member of the entertainment platform community to a recording contract.

21. The software of claim 1, wherein the plurality of industry profiles comprise industry profiles associated with musical artists.

22. A system comprising:

memory storing a social network module comprising a plurality of user profiles, each user profile representing a member of the social network user community, and a search module for locating one or more user profiles within the plurality of user profiles; and

one or more processors operable to;

query the plurality of user profiles with a first set of user profile search criteria, wherein the first set of user profile search criteria represents one or more criteria associated with a target member of the social network user community;

generate a first cache of user profiles based on the first set of user profile search criteria, wherein the first cache of user profiles is a subset of the plurality of user profiles corresponding with the first set of user profile search criteria;

query the first cache of user profiles with a second set of user profile search criteria, wherein the second set of user profile search criteria represents one or more criteria associated with the target member of the social network user community, the second set of industry profile search criteria mutually exclusive from the first set of user profile search criteria;

generate a second cache of user profiles based on the second set of user profile search criteria, wherein the second cache of user profiles is a subset of the first cache of user profiles corresponding with the second set of user profile search criteria; and

present information from at least one user profile represented in the second cache to an interface.

23. The system of claim 22, the one or more processors further operable to extrapolate a set of data associated with the at least one user profile for presentation to the interface.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein the first and second sets of user profile search criteria are received from the client through an user profile search template.

25. The system of claim 22, the one or more processors further operable to:

query the first cache of user profiles with a third set of user profile search criteria, wherein the third set of user profile criteria represents one or more criteria associated with the target member of the social network community, the third set of user profile search criteria mutually exclusive from the first set of user profile search criteria and different from the second set of user profile search criteria; and

generate a third cache of user profiles based on the third set of user profile search criteria, wherein the third cache of user profiles is a subset of the first cache of user profiles corresponding with the third set of user profile search criteria and replaces the second cache of user profiles in memory.