SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING AN EVENT
First Claim
1. A method for distributing payment to a host of an event and a second entity, the method comprising:
- receiving confirmation from a plurality of guests for the event, wherein each confirmation comprises a payment amount;
aggregating the payment amounts for all received confirmations;
calculating a first payment total and a second payment total using the aggregated payment amounts;
distributing the first payment total to a host of the event; and
distributing the second payment total to a second entity.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method, a system and a physical computer readable medium for distributing payment to a host of an event and a second entity by receiving payment confirmations indicating payment amounts from guests for the event. The payment amounts for all received confirmations are aggregated. Using the aggregated payment amounts, a first payment total and a second payment total are calculated and distributed to the host of the event and a second entity, respectively. The present invention further relates to a method for managing an event. The method involves registering a host, registering an event, and registering guests for the event. In response to receiving notification from at least one guest, status information for the event is provided to the host. The status information includes: the event, the guests, and at least some information based on the received notification.
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46 Claims
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1. A method for distributing payment to a host of an event and a second entity, the method comprising:
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receiving confirmation from a plurality of guests for the event, wherein each confirmation comprises a payment amount; aggregating the payment amounts for all received confirmations; calculating a first payment total and a second payment total using the aggregated payment amounts; distributing the first payment total to a host of the event; and distributing the second payment total to a second entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for distributing payment to a host of an event and a second entity, the system comprising:
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a guest module adapted to receive confirmation from a plurality of guests for the event, wherein each confirmation comprises a payment amount; and a payment module adapted to aggregate the payment amounts of all received confirmations and calculate a first payment total and a second payment total using the aggregated payment amounts, and further adapted to distribute a first payment total to a host of the event and a second payment total to a second entity. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for managing an event, the method comprising:
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registering a host of the event by receiving a plurality of host attributes; registering the event by receiving a plurality of event attributes; and registering a plurality of guests by receiving a plurality of guest identifiers, each guest identifier being associated with one of the plurality of guests for the event; receiving notification from at least one guest, wherein each notification comprises a plurality of guest attributes; and providing status information for the event to the host, wherein the status information comprises;
the event, the plurality of guests, and at least a portion of the plurality of guest attributes. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A physical computer readable medium including computer executable instructions which, when executed on a computing device, cause the computing device to perform the steps of:
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receiving confirmation from a plurality of guests for the event, wherein each confirmation comprises a payment amount; aggregating the payment amounts for all received confirmations; calculating a first payment total and a second payment total using the aggregated payment amounts; distributing the first payment total to a host of the event; and distributing the second payment total to a second entity.
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