System and Method for Presenting Events

• US 20110289065A1
• Filed: 05/20/2011
• Published: 11/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Matthew D. Wells
• Original Assignee: Matthew D. Wells
• Inventors: WELLS, Matthew D.
• Granted Patent: US 8,438,150 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/706
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for presenting attainable events in the form of an event widget on the client computer browser. This system and method provides for embedding an event widget onto a third party, or affiliate, website so that when the website is viewed by a computer end user, the widget displays a tailored list of events. The tailored list of events include events that may be filtered and ranked based on webmaster settings and refined by system users. The events may be data mined from the Internet, as well as entered by System Users. System Users that directly enter events have the option to sell tickets to those events, and the system will broker the sales commissions, as appropriate, to the entities that helped effect the sale, such as website owners and other System Users who provided event information in the form of audio or video presentations that were associated particular events.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented system for presenting event content to a system user on a display screen, comprising:

at least one computer-based system user event content (SUEC) device in electronic communications with at least a central network on which web-based searches are capable of being conducted and an event system that is capable of storing event content that is capable of being searched using a set of search parameters to retrieve event content based on the search parameters, with the at least one SUEC device including at least a programmable processor, storage medium, display screen, and input subsystem;

the event system in electronic communications with the SUEC device having at least an event central system server, system accounting server, and a system search engine,

the event central system server being in electronic communications with the SUEC device, system accounting server, and system search engine, with the event central system server receiving a request from the SUEC device for associating a set of search parameters with a webmaster that controls web-based content downloaded from the central network by the system user to the SUEC, and transmitting the set of search parameters based on the association of the set of search parameters with the webmaster to the system search engine for searching for event content based on such set of search parameters, and transmitting search results to the SUEC device for display on a portion of the SUEC device display screen,

the system accounting server in electronic communications with the event central system server for processing the request from the SUEC device to associate the set of search parameters of the webmaster that controls web-based content downloaded from the web server and associating the set of search parameters with the webmaster and transmitting the associated set of search parameters to the event central system server, and

the system search engine including an event database storing event information that is selectable using search parameters of the set of search parameters of the webmaster, with the system search engine receiving the set of search parameters from the event central system server and searching the events database for event content that matches search parameters of the set of search parameters, including at least a date search parameter, and transmitting search results based on the set of search parameters to the central server.

2. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the central network includes the Internet.

3. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the set of search parameters include parameters to search for events data mined from a predetermined set of websites.

4. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the set of search parameters include parameters to search for events matching a predetermined set of keywords or tags, with the matching including matching the keywords or tags to an event description, event title, event tag, or event category of event content stored in the event database.

5. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the set of search parameters include a parameter to display search results with priority to a particular webmaster.

6. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the system search engine includes searching event titles, event descriptions, or event dates for inclusion in search results.

7. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the event system further includes a system submission server for receiving event information from system users that can be associated with event content stored in the event database, with such event information being searchable as a search parameter.

8. The system as recited in claim 7, wherein the event system further includes a system ticket server for system users to sell tickets to events with event content in the event database.

9. The system as recited in claim 8, wherein the system ticket server determines commissions from ticket sales for payment to websites downloaded by the ticket purchaser and system users that created event information listened to, or viewed by, the ticket purchaser according to tracking information stored in the system ticket server.

10. The system as recited in claim 7, wherein event information includes audio presentation information or video presentation information.

11. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the search results include search results within the predetermined distance from a system user location.

12. The system as recited in claim 11, wherein the search results within the predetermined distance from a system user location change as the system user location changes.

13. A computer-implemented system for presenting event content to a system user on a display screen, comprising:

at least one computer-based system user event content (SUEC) device in electronic communications with at least a central network on which web-based searches are capable of being conducted and an event system that is capable of storing event content that is capable of being searched using a set of search parameters to retrieve event content based on the search parameters, with the at least one SUEC device including at least a programmable processor, storage medium, display screen, and input subsystem;

the event system in electronic communications with the SUEC device and the central network, with the event system having at least an event central system server, system accounting server, and a system search engine,

the event central system server being in electronic communications with the SUEC device, system accounting server, and system search engine, with the event central system server receiving a request from the SUEC device for associating a set of search parameters with a webmaster that controls web-based content downloaded from the central network by the system user to the SUEC, and transmitting the set of search parameters based on the association of the set of search parameters with the webmaster to the system search engine for searching for event content based on such set of search parameters, and transmitting search results to the SUEC device for display on a portion of the SUEC device display screen,

the system accounting server in electronic communications with the event central system server for processing the request from the SUEC device to associate the set of search parameters of the webmaster that controls web-based content in the form of a web page downloaded from the web server, and through the event central system server downloading the web page downloaded by the SUEC and associating the set of search parameters with the webmaster based on content in the web page downloaded from the central network, and transmitting the associated set of search parameters to the event central system server, and

the system search engine including an event database storing event information that is selectable by predetermined search parameters set by at least webmasters, with the system search engine receiving the set of search parameters from the event central server and searching the events database for event content that matches search parameters of the set of search parameters, including at least a date search parameter, and transmitting search results based on the set of search parameters to the central server.

14. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein the central network includes the Internet.

15. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein the set of search parameters include parameters to search for events datamined from a predetermined set of websites.

16. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein the set of search parameters include parameters to search for events matching a predetermined set of keywords or tags, with the matching including matching the keywords or tags to an event description, event title, event tag, or event category of event content stored in the event database.

17. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein the set of search parameters include a parameter to display search results with priority to a particular webmaster.

18. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein the system search engine includes searching event titles, event descriptions, or event dates for inclusion in search results.

19. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein the event system further includes a system submission server for receiving event information from system users that can be associated with event content stored in the event database, with such event information being searchable as a search parameter.

20. The system as recited in claim 19, wherein the event system further includes a system ticket server for system users to sell tickets to events with event content in the event database.

21. The system as recited in claim 20, wherein the system ticket server determines commissions from ticket sales for payment to websites downloaded by the ticket purchaser and system users that created event information listened to, or viewed by, the ticket purchaser according to tracking information stored in the system ticket server.

22. The system as recited in claim 19, wherein event information includes audio presentation information or video presentation information.

23. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein the search results include search results within a predetermined distance from a system user location.

24. The system as recited in claim 23, wherein the search results within the predetermined distance from a system user location change as the system user location changes.