SYSTEM TO SUGGEST AND AUTOMATICALLY ORGANIZE EVENTS FOR SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

• US 20120254764A1
• Filed: 04/01/2011
• Published: 10/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Excalibur IP, LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ayloo, Kalyan, Rao, Supreeth Hosur Nagesh
• Application Number:
  US13/078,795
• Publication Number:
  US 20120254764A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/738
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

Embodiments are directed towards automatically organizing an event for users to participate in an activity. The system can display suggestions for a plurality of activities to a user. Further, the system may selectively display information about at least one other user with at least one activity of the plurality of activities. The at least one other user may be identified based on the at least one other user having an interest in the at least one activity. Thus, the user may be able to view other users who are interested in an activity and may be nudged to also be interested in the activity. When a minimum number of other users indicate an explicit interest for an activity, the system can automatically organize an event for the users for the activity. The event may be a physical offline gathering of users that are interested in the activity.

Claims

1. A method operating on one or more network devices, comprising:

displaying, at a client device, suggestions for a plurality of activities for a first user;

identifying for at least one activity in the plurality of activities, at least one other user having an interest in the at least one activity;

selectively displaying to the first user, information about the identified at least one other user with the respective at least one activity; and

based on a minimum number of the at least one other user above a threshold indicating an explicit interest for an activity in the plurality of activities, automatically organizing an event for the activity for the first user and the at least one other user indicating an explicit interest.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the event is a physical gathering of the first user and the at least one other user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein selectively displaying further comprises displaying to the first user, information about, the at least one other user having indicated an explicit interest in the at least one activity.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein selectively displaying further comprises displaying to the first user, information about the at least one other user having an implicit interest in the at least one activity.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

modifying the selective display of at least one user having an implicit interest to signify that the at least one user has indicated an explicit interest.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein an explicit interest is identified by a user actively selecting an icon.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein automatically organizing the event further includes determining a time and location for the event.

8. A network device, comprising:

a transceiver for communicating with at least one client device over a network;

a processor for enabling actions, the actions comprising;

displaying, at one of the at least one client device, suggestions for a plurality of activities for a first user;

determining for at least one activity in the plurality of activities, whether there is identified at least one other user having an interest in the at least one activity;

selectively displaying to the first user, information about the identified at least one other user with the respective at least one activity; and

based on a minimum number of the at least one other user satisfying a threshold indicating an explicit interest for an activity in the plurality of activities, automatically organizing an event for the activity for the first user and selectively for the at least one other user indicating an explicit interest.

9. The network device of claim 8, wherein automatically organizing an event for the first user further comprises receiving an indication from the first user of an explicit interest in the activity.

10. The network device of claim 8, wherein selectively displaying further comprises displaying to the first user, information about the at least one other user having indicated an explicit interest in the at least one activity.

11. The network device of claim 8, wherein selectively displaying further comprises displaying to the first user, information about the at least one other user having an implicit interest in the at least one activity.

12. The network device of claim 11, wherein the processor further enables actions, the actions comprising:

modifying the selective display of at least one user having an implicit interest to signify that the at least one user has indicated an explicit interest.

13. The network device of claim 8, wherein an explicit interest is identified by a user actively selecting an icon.

14. The network device of claim 8, wherein automatically organizing the event further includes determining a time and location for the event.

15. A system for classifying media content, comprising:

at least one network device that manages a communications over a network; and

one or more other network devices that are configured to perform actions, the actions including;

displaying, at a client device, suggestions for a plurality of activities for a first user;

identifying for at least one activity in the plurality of activities, at least one other user having an interest in the at least one activity;

selectively displaying to the first user, information about the identified at least one other user with the respective at least one activity; and

based on a minimum number of the at least one other user above a threshold indicating an explicit interest for an activity in the plurality of activities, automatically organizing an event for the activity for the first user and the at least one other users indicating an explicit interest.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the event is a physical gathering of the first user and the at least one other user.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein selectively displaying further comprises displaying to the first user, information about the at least one other user having indicated an explicit interest in the at least one activity.

18. The system of claim 15 wherein selectively displaying further comprises displaying to the first user, information about the at least one other user having an implicit interest in the at least one activity.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the one or more other network devices further enables actions, the actions comprising:

modifying the selective display of at least one user having an implicit interest to signify that the at least one user has indicated an explicit interest.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein an explicit interest is identified by a user actively selecting an icon.