SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOCIAL NETWORK AND E-COMMERCE SUPPORTING USER GOALS
First Claim
1. A method of managing life goals in a social network environment, the method comprising:
- storing a plurality of activities related to life goals for a plurality of users;
storing a plurality of vendor and merchant products and services that may be useful in supporting users fulfillment of life goals;
enabling users to access information regarding vendor or merchant products and services that are related to user'"'"'s life goals.
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Abstract
A system and method that creates a list of life goals for each individual user based on user-specific inputs including desires, geography, demographics, interests, community, relationships, lifestyle, and personal background, and matches the user to pertinent information including friends, other users, and merchants that have similar interests, experiences, or services to facilitate the desired accomplishment of user fulfilling their life goals. System and method provides merchant opportunities for user to act on, purchase, sign up for or participate in activities and products related to the user'"'"'s life goals. System and method enables users to share their experiences, recommendations, opinions, photographs, and videos of the life goals they have achieved or are working to achieve in a social network environment where other users benefit from each other'"'"'s experience and may support each other in the fulfillment of life goals.
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31 Claims
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1. A method of managing life goals in a social network environment, the method comprising:
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storing a plurality of activities related to life goals for a plurality of users; storing a plurality of vendor and merchant products and services that may be useful in supporting users fulfillment of life goals; enabling users to access information regarding vendor or merchant products and services that are related to user'"'"'s life goals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 31)
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22. A system for managing life goals comprising:
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a social network environment; a module configured to monitor a plurality of activities related to life goals in a social network environment; a storage medium for storing the plurality of activities and life goals in a database; a module configured to generate a plurality of news items and/or advertisements regarding one or more of the users life goal activities, wherein the majority of the news items and/or advertisements presented to user are related to one or more of user'"'"'s life goals. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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