Inviting Users to Participate in a Venture Exchange
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for inviting members of a venture exchange to participate in a wager, comprising:
- receiving a wager placed by a first user;
parsing the wager to determine wager characteristics associated with the wager;
determining, using a processor, friends of the first user that have an affinity for the wager based on the wager characteristics;
causing an interface to be displayed to the first user, wherein the friends of the first user are organized by a relative affinity for the wager;
receiving a selection by the first user of friends to invite to participate in the wager; and
transmitting a wager invitation to each friend selected by the first user.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for inviting members of a venture exchange to participate in a wager. The method includes receiving a wager placed by a first user; parsing the wager to determine wager characteristics associated with the wager; determining, using a processor, friends of the first user that have an affinity for the wager based on the wager characteristics; causing an interface to be displayed to the first user, where the friends of the first user are organized by a relative affinity for the wager; receiving a selection by the first user of friends to invite to participate in the wager; and transmitting a wager invitation to each friend selected by the first user.
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1. A computer-implemented method for inviting members of a venture exchange to participate in a wager, comprising:
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receiving a wager placed by a first user; parsing the wager to determine wager characteristics associated with the wager; determining, using a processor, friends of the first user that have an affinity for the wager based on the wager characteristics; causing an interface to be displayed to the first user, wherein the friends of the first user are organized by a relative affinity for the wager; receiving a selection by the first user of friends to invite to participate in the wager; and transmitting a wager invitation to each friend selected by the first user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-implemented method for providing an interface through which a first user invites other members of a venture exchange to participate in a wager, comprising:
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displaying an interface to the first user, wherein friends of the first user are organized by a relative affinity for the wager based on one or more wager characteristics; and receiving a selection of one or more friends to invite to participate in the wager, to cause a wager invitation to be transmitted to each of the one or more friends. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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