System and Methods for Event-Defined and User Controlled Interaction Channel

• US 20150326522A1
• Filed: 05/04/2015
• Published: 11/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ninghua Albert Pu, Shirong Wang
• Original Assignee: Ninghua Albert Pu, Shirong Wang
• Inventors: Pu, Ninghua Albert, Wang, Shirong
• Application Number:
  US14/703,879
• Publication Number:
  US 20150326522A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

System and methods for an event defined and user controlled interaction channel are disclosed. The interaction channel can be added to people, locations, things, or media content for associated activity and information interactions between interested parties to achieve a goal or outcome. The disclosed system may include mobile, web, and cloud applications or services supporting enablement of an interaction channel for attachment and/or interconnection with traditional or social media sources, communication services, or other referenced objects to facilitate added layers of host-defined and user controlled interactions. The methods may include an event definition process for an event host to easily and quickly attach an interaction channel to a referenced object for user controlled interactions. The methods may also include convenient and non-intrusive event sign-in or channel connection processes for users to have full control of how they want to participate and control their data privacy in activity and information interactions with the event-defined interaction channel host and/or users.

Claims

1. A system for event defined activity and information interaction channels between users and/or event host supporting user self-control of user profile selection or creation for event and/or event activity participation, user self-control of user data privacy, data sharing, data persistence, and retention settings, and user self-control of event participation mode and activity participation management, comprising:

A plurality of client-side computer application instances running on host and user computing devices for event-defined activity and information interactions definition and management by event host and for event sign-in and participation by the computer application users with user designated profiles or anonymously and assisted with user self-control of user data privacy, data sharing, data persistence, and retention settings, and user self-control of event participation mode and activity participation management, wherein host and user computing devices can be mobile devices such as smartphones or tablets, a personal computer such as a laptop or desktop, or any other computing machinery that has an operating system with applications supporting user interactions and calculation; and

One or multiple server-side event and interaction management application services for system-wide processing and support for event definition, control, management, and interfaces across all event-defined channels and the associated activity and communication interactions with the client-side application by the event hosts and participating users, wherein event and interaction management service is a computer application that can be implemented as public, community, hybrid, and/or on premise cloud services; and

Share and feed services for event host to push or pull event related information items defined in the said system from a social network site, a web site, a mobile app to support event definition and management, and for event users to push or pull event related information items to or from other social network sites, web sites, mobile apps, and/or email or message clients, wherein share and feed services can be APIs, interface services or other computer program implementations provided by the said system, social network sites, mobile apps, a third party service, and/or via email or messaging services; and

/or

A plurality of social network sites, web sites, mobile apps, and/or email or messaging services with which event host can use to share or feed information during the event definition and management processes, and/or for event users to share event or event activity related information items if provisioned or authorized by the event host and the applicable event user data privacy and sharing setting for the related user-generated data; and

/or

A plurality of other digital and/or physical media sources with information items or content that may not be able to utilize share and feed services for event definition related information items and can be referenced by the event-defined activity and information interaction channel; and

/or

A plurality of other referable objects that can be people, locations, things, entities, establishment, needs, or social, business, or organizational activities that may not be able to utilize share and feed services for related information items and can be referenced by the event-defined activity and information interaction channel.

2. The system recited in claim 1, wherein an event is used to define and organize a singular and/or a collection of varied sequential and/or simultaneous activities and information items that has one or multiple purposes and/or produces one or multiple outcomes, and an event requires more than one person'"'"'s participation and has a duration that can be repeating, short or long-running, and an event can be pertaining to one or multiple people, locations, things, entities, establishments, needs, social, business, or organizational activities, and/or content on digital or non-digital information or media sources, and an event can be linked to or occur within another event.

3. The system recited in claim 1, wherein an activity for an event-defined activity interactions is a collection of one or multiple functions, processes, actions, transactions, and/or communications accompanied by the related information items that an event user can interact with or invoke, which will result in one or multiple status or state changes and/or system responses, and an activity has a duration and can be defined with business logic, business rules, and/or user invocation requirements, and an activity can also be part of another activity or related to one or many other activities, provisioned and/or related to all the event users or a select group of event users based on user profile characteristics, user sign-in or sign-up controls or information, relationship to other activity or activities, and/or associated with the entire event or one or multiple event lifecycle stages.

4. The system recited in claim 1, wherein event and/or event activity participation includes all levels of an client-side application user'"'"'s interest or interaction with an event such as passive or active following, viewing event information, sign-up, sign-in, sign-out, and/or interactions with an event or event activity with varied degrees of information exchanges with the event-defined channel and controlled by the user'"'"'s participation mode setting.

5. The system recited in claim 1, wherein an event host maps to an event host role that defines and manages an event and event users, perform host event actions and other event administrative activities, wherein an event host can be a person, group of people, a business entity, an organization, or any other social, organizational, or legal entities, their designees or delegates.

6. The system recited in claim 1, wherein event users map to an event user role that participate in or follow an event and performs event defined activity and inform interactions, wherein an event user can be a person, group of people, a business entity, an organization, or any other social, organizational, or legal entities, their designees or delegates.

7. The system recited in claim 1, wherein the event has a lifecycle that may have one or multiple stages as predefined by an event template and/or determined by the event host, event progression status such as pre-event, event sign-up period, event in progress, or any other event progression period determined by the event characteristics.

8. The system recited in claim 1, wherein the server-side event and interaction management application services further comprises:

Event definition module for a host to define an event and/or invite users to participate that may support a host to quickly and easily create an event-defined interaction channel by clicking through a selected event template and filling in the required information, or a host can further custom define an event with fine grained controls and custom settings for additional event information items, activities, user participation mode, user data privacy and sharing, and/or user data persistence and retention settings, wherein an event may be defined via a blank event template or an predefined event template in the event template library that groups activities and/or information items for specific purpose and/or categorization, and the event may be defined by referencing one or multiple physical, mental, digital, social, or organizational objects, with or without share and feed services, servicing as a user-controlled interaction channel to one or multiple people, locations, organizations, entities, establishments, needs, one or multiple social, organizational, or business activities, or content on digital or non-digital information or media sources;

Event template library consisting of system predefined event templates for specific event purpose and/or categorization that can be applied and customized by an event host, wherein each event template is pre-configured with default event purpose and/or categorization related event specific activities, user self-control profile selection, definition, or switch activities, user self-control data privacy and data sharing setting activities, and user self-control participation mode setting activities; and

the template is also pre-configured with default event purpose and/or categorization with event and event activity specific information items, and default information items supporting browse, search, and/or discovery services;

Event activity library consisting of system predefined activities that are common and reusable activities across different event types and/or categorizations, and each activity is associated with user self-controls for data privacy, data sharing, data persistence and retention settings, and/or participation mode settings;

Activity definition module for a host and/or users, if user activity definition is provisioned by the event host, to add an activity to a chose event template from the event activity library, modify an existing activity in the chosen event template, or define a new activity that is not available in the event activity library, wherein the activity can be modified or created with additional business logic, rules, and/or user invocation requirements;

Information definition and management for event and event activities related information items creation, management, and processing during event definition and event processing and execution phases;

Communication management for management of data or information items exchange, creation, and consumption by event host and event users during execution of an event;

Activity execution management for management of activities and activity lifecycles, and execution of activity related business logic, business rules and/or activity execution requirements pertaining to an event, host, and event users;

Event execution management that interoperates with communication management and activity execution management for event execution and event lifecycle management related to all the event-defined and related activity and information interactions between event users and/or host, including execution of related business rules, process definitions, user provisioning controls, and personalization logics for activities or information interactions for the event;

User management for event host to perform administration tasks for event users and event user interactions during execution of an event;

Data and user privacy management for management and execution of host and/or user defined user generated data and user privacy controls related to user profile selection or creation for event and/or event activity participation, user data privacy and data sharing, user data persistence and retention settings, and event participation mode and activity participation management, wherein an event user can configure more restrictive data and user privacy settings pertaining to user generated and user specific data than the settings defined or selected by the host for the event;

Integration module for connectivity and interfaces between the server-side event and interaction management application service modules, client-side computer application modules running on host and user computing devices, their associated functions, transactions, process handling, communications, and data and/or activities exchanges within the said system.

9. The system recited in claim 1, wherein the client-side computer application running on host and user computing devices further comprises:

Event discovery module that interfaces with the server-side event and interaction management service execution management module for a client-side application user to search, browse, and discover one or multiple events to participate with the associated user profile or anonymously, and with the associated user controlled participation mode and data settings;

Event participation module that interfaces with the event and interaction management application service for use by the event users to perform event and event activity participation at all levels as controlled by the event associated user self-control settings such as the associated participation mode setting and user data privacy, data sharing, data persistence, and data retention settings that are fulfilled by the user control module within the client-side computer application, wherein user self-control settings may be invoked from within an event for a user to configure or change the event specific user self-control settings, and the event participation levels and the associated participation mode may be related to an user'"'"'s interest in passively or actively following or viewing the event or event activity information, and/or interest in sign-up, sign-in, sign-out, and/or interacting with an event or event activity with varied degrees of information exchanges;

User control module that is integrated with the server-side event and management application service for system wide user management and control executions for a client-side application user to perform user self-control of event and/or event activity profile selection or creation, user self-control of user data privacy and data sharing, user data persistence and retention settings, user self-control of event participation mode and event activity participation management, and/or perform user preference settings for default event and/or activity participation profile, default user data privacy and data sharing settings, default user data persistence and retention settings, default user participation mode setting, default display and notification settings for multiple events when participated at the same time, and/or to switch between user or host roles in case a user wants to create, host, and/or manage their own event, wherein user self-control data privacy and data sharing, data persistence and retention, and participation mode can override the host event settings for user generated data if the user settings have more restrictive data and user privacy controls; and

user preferences settings for data privacy and data sharing, data persistence and retention can be associated with the client-side application as default for all the events a user may choose to participate, or the user preference data and user privacy settings can be associated with one or multiple user profiles defined by a user in the client-side application;

Event definition and management module that interfaces with the server-side event and management application service and serves as the user interface layer for the event and interaction management service for use by an event host to create event-defined and user controlled activity and information interactions channel that may reference one or multiple physical, mental, digital, social, or organizational objects, and the module is also used by an event host to manage users, perform host event actions and other event administrative activities;

Integration module for client-side application interactions and data exchanges with the server-side event and management application service interfaces, 3^rd party share and feed services inside a client-side computing device, and/or 3^rd party software, infrastructure or cloud services that might be related or applicable to an event-defined activities or information items.

10. The system recited in claim 9, wherein the client-side computer application and the application modules can be implemented as one integrated mobile app or separate mobile apps on iOS, Android or other types of smartphone or mobile devices, and/or with functionalities duplicated, consolidated, or spread across one or multiple new or existing mobile applications, and the application and the related modules can also be implemented as one or multiple new or existing web applications accessible via a web or mobile browser, one or multiple web browser add-ons or extensions, and/or one or multiple new or existing computer programs that can run on a user'"'"'s computing device.

11. A method for creating an event-defined activity and information interaction channel by an event host supporting user self-control of user profile selection or creation for event and/or event activity participation, user self-control of user data privacy, data sharing, data persistence, and retention settings, and user self-control of event participation mode and activity participation management, comprising:

Determining whether the intended event-defined activities and/or information items can be referenced or related to content on existing digital information or media sources and can be pulled in or pushed over via share and feed services in the said system;

wherein digital information or media sources are social network sites, web sites, mobile apps, or other digital media sources;

Upon determining that the intended event-defined activities and/or interaction items can be referenced or related to content on existing digital information or media sources and can be pulled in or pushed over via share and feed services, populating the event defined activities and information items via a selected event definition template with the event definition and management module in the client-side computer application, with share or feed of the related information items from the applicable digital information or media sources; and

Upon determining that the intended event-defined activities and/or interaction items cannot be referenced or related to content on existing digital information or media sources or cannot be pushed or pulled over via share and feed services, populating the event defined activities and information items directly in the said system via a selected event definition template with the event definition and management module in the client-side computer application, wherein the event-defined activities and information items can be in reference to one or multiple people, locations, services, entities, establishments, needs, one or multiple social, business, or organization activities, or content on digital or non-digital information or media sources; and

Creating an event id and/or the associated URI, barcode, QR code, or linkage references, wherein the event id is an alphanumeric string that can be manually entered by the event host or automatically generated via the client-side application for unique identification of the event;

Determining whether the event may have additional sign-in and/or sign-up requirements for users and/or for personalized event information items tailoring to a signed in or signed up user;

Upon determining that the event has additional sign-in and/or sign-up requirements, defining the sign-in and/or sign-up requirements for users with the associated information items, business logic, business rules, and/or personalization rules for personalized and targeted event information presentment in the event definition and management module via the client-side application;

Determining whether to customize the event template default event specific activities and the related information items;

Upon determining that the default event specific activities or information items may need to be customized, customizing template default event activities and event information items in the event definition and management module via the client-side application;

Determining whether to customize template default event participation mode and user generated data privacy settings, wherein user generated data privacy and user participation settings defined by the host can be overwritten by user self-control settings at sign-in and/or during event participation if the user settings impose more strict data and user privacy controls;

Upon determining need to customize template default event participation mode and user generated data settings, customizing event template default user participation mode and user generated data settings for user data privacy and data sharing, user data persistence and retention settings in the event definition and management module via the client-side application;

Determining whether to change event template default settings for event visibility for search, browse or discovery through association with location, topic, establishment, and/or other informational references;

Upon determining need for change event template default setting for event visibility, changing event default visibility for search, browse, and/or discovery through association with location, topic, establishment, and/or other informational references in the event definition and management module via the client-side application;

Determining whether to share, announce, or post event digitally or physically;

Upon determining need to share, announce, or post event digitally or physically, performing share, announce, or post of event via event id, URI, barcode, QR code, or reference links digitally to social or digital media, websites, mobile apps, email or messaging services, or physically to a physical location or a physical media.

12. The method recited in claim 11, wherein defining the sign-in and/or sign-up requirements for users with the associated information items, business logic, business rules, and/or personalization rules for personalized or targeted event information presentment further comprises:

Defining user sign-in and/or sign-up requirements and the associated information items, business logic, business rules with the event definition and management module via the client-side computer application;

wherein sign-in and/or sign-up requirements are additional information, verification code, authentication or authorization information that an event user needs to enter to sign in or sign up for the event;

Determining whether to personalize event information items for personalized event information presentment to targeted event users;

Upon determining need to personalize event information to a signed-up or signed-in event user, defining event information personalization rules for personalized or targeted event information presentment, wherein information presentment personalization rules can be associated with the user provided sign-in or sign-up information, verification code, authentication or authorization information, or user profile characteristics.

13. The method recited in claim 11, wherein customizing template default event specific activities and the related information items further comprises:

Determining whether to add one or multiple activities to the event, wherein the intended activities to be added are not part of the selected event template default activities, and these intended activities may be optional event activities on the selected event template or may be only available from the event activity library module with the server-side event and interaction management application service;

Upon determining need to adding one or multiple activities, enabling optional activities on the selected event template if applicable and deemed necessary, or adding one or multiple activities from the server-side event and interaction manager application service activity library module with the associated information items;

Determining whether to remove one or multiple activities from the event template, wherein the activities to be removed are the event template default activities for the intended event-defined activity and information interaction channel;

Upon determining need to remove one or multiple activities from the event template, removing one or multiple activities from the selected event template with the event definition and management module via the client-side application;

Determining whether to modify one or multiple event template default activities and/or associated information items;

Upon determining need to modify one or multiple event template default activities, modifying one or multiple activities pre-defined in the selected event template and/or the associated information items with the event definition and management module via the client-side application;

Determining whether to define one or multiple new activities and add to the intended event-defined activity and information interaction channel, where in the new activities are the ones not available from the event activity library in the server-side event and interaction management application service;

Upon determining need to define one or multiple new activities, defining one or multiple new activities with the event definition and management module via the client-side application, which interfaces and invokes functions in the activity definition module with the server-side event and interaction management application service;

Determining whether to provision one or multiple activities in the event to a specific group of event users, wherein provisioning activities to event users is to define rules and conditions to allow event activity participation by certain users with or without the associated participation level;

Upon determining need to provision activities to specific group of event users, defining activity provisioning rules and conditions based on user profile information, user profile characteristics, or user provided sign-in or sign up information with the event definition and management module in the client-side application.

14. The method recited in claim 11, wherein determining customizing event template default user participation mode and user generated data settings for user data privacy and data sharing, user data persistence and retention settings further comprises:

Customizing event user default participation mode if deemed necessary, wherein participation mode is event defined activity and information interaction settings related to online and/or, offline visibility, event management visibility levels from zero to full user participation profile exposure, incoming and outgoing communication preferences between host and/or other event users in reference to the event, an activity in the event, event or activity associated message types, user profile, event and activity characteristics and/or lifecycle stages, and/or a select group of users, wherein communication preferences include message and/or message delivery frequency and/or timing, notification preferences, alerting or blocking mode for incoming user requests;

Customizing event default data privacy and data sharing setting, if deemed necessary, for user generated data produced during event defined activity and information interactions, wherein data privacy and data sharing setting is specifications and controls for user generated data visibility and visibility levels, data collection and dissemination privileges and availability to the event host, other event users, and/or third party users or organizations, and the data privacy and sharing setting can further be associated with the entire event lifecycle, one or multiple event lifecycle stages, an event activity, one or multiple event-defined activity or information interactions, or a user profile or profile switch action;

Customizing event default data persistence setting, if deemed necessary, for user generated data produced during event defined activity and information interactions, wherein data persistence setting is specifications and controls for user generated data persistence location and saving or archiving privileges and availability to the event host, other event users, and/or third party users or organizations, wherein data persistence location is the server side and user device client-side locations that the user generated data traverses, includes the computing device used by the event user for data generation, the event and interaction management service server-side location that may process the user data, and the computing devices used by one or multiple correspondent event users, and the data persistence setting can be associated with the entire event lifecycle, one or multiple event lifecycle stages, an event activity, one or multiple event-defined activity or information interactions, or a user profile or profile switch action;

Customizing event default data retention setting, if deemed necessary, for user generated data produced during event defined activity and information interactions, wherein event default data retention setting is specifications and controls for user generated data expiration settings for the persistence and/or cache locations that the user data may traverse so that the data will no longer be available at the specified locations according to data expiration settings, and the data retention setting can be an absolute or relative duration value associated with the entire event lifecycle, one or multiple event lifecycle stages, an event activity, one or multiple event-defined activity or information interactions, or a user profile or profile switch action.

15. The method recited in claim 11, changing event default visibility for search, browse, and/or discovery through association with location, topic, establishment, and/or other informational references further comprises:

Changing, if deemed necessary, event template default categories, types, keywords, tags, venue-related information, and/or other informational characteristics that can be used for browsing and searching;

Changing, if deemed necessary, event association with a location or location attributes, an entity or establishment, and/or a topic or information categorization for user discovery via location services or location attributes, interest in an entity or establishment, and/or interest in a topic or information categorization;

Changing, if deemed necessary, event template default or associated target user attributes, user profile characteristics, and/or user requirement attributes that can be mapped to user sign-in and/or sign-up information for more granular information item visibility control related to the event or one or multiple activities in the event.

16. A method for event defined activity and information interaction channel discovery and participation by a client-side computer application user, supporting user self-control of user profile selection or creation for event and/or event activity participation, user self-control of user data privacy, data sharing, data persistence, and retention settings, and user self-control of event participation mode and activity participation management, comprising:

Determining an event to join upon notification or via search, browse, discovery through event association with event related information items, location, topic, or establishment, or other informational references from an information or media source;

Upon determining need to join an event, pulling in the event via the client-side computer application, wherein pulling in the event is the first step in event participation before if any sign-up or sign-in required for the event, with which the pulled in event can be associated with a user anonymously or with a user selected user profile, and/or associated with a user participation mode with different levels such as follow, view only, view and notification, and/or interacting configured with the user control module in the client-side application;

Providing sign up information if required and/or if the event is not in progress, wherein sign up information is additional information, verification code, authentication requirements, or authorization information that may be used by the event to determine a user'"'"'s eligibility to view certain type of information and/or participate in certain type of activities;

Viewing additional event information related to user sign-up information if applicable and/or available, wherein the applicable sign-up related event information are additional information items related to the event or event activities that may be presented to all the signed up users and/or personalized and targeted to a user sign-up information;

Signing into the event if the event is already in-progress by selecting an existing user profile, defining a new user profile, or signing in anonymously;

Providing additional sign-in information if required, wherein additional sign-in information may be related to a generic or user-specific verification code, authentication or authorization information, or any other information pertaining to the event and/or the signing in user;

Viewing additional event information related to user provided sign-in information if applicable and/or available, wherein the applicable sign-in related event information are additional information items related to the event or event activities that may be eligible and presented to all or a portion of the signed in users, and/or the information or event activities may be personalized and targeted to a user sign-in information;

Determining whether to customize event default and event user self-control settings for at the event pull-in, sign-up or sign-in time;

Upon determining need to customize event user self-control settings at the event pull-in, sign-in or sign-up, performing user self-control of user data privacy, data sharing, data persistence, and retention settings, and user self-control of event participation mode and activity participation management with the user control module via the client-side application;

Performing event defined and event specific activity and information interactions provisioned to the signed-in user;

Determining whether to use a different user profile for one or multiple event activities or information interactions during event participation, wherein the intended user profile can be associated with one or multiple activities, one or multiple event lifecycle stages as configured via the event creation process, and/or one or multiple activity or information interactions;

Upon determining need to use a different user profile, selecting an existing user profile or creating a new user profile for the intended activity or information interactions with the functions provided by the user control module via the client-side application;

Determining whether to customize the current user event participation mode for one or multiple event activities or information interactions during event participation, wherein the intended participation model setting can be associated with one or multiple activities, one or multiple event lifecycle stages as configured via the event creation process, and/or one or multiple activity or information interactions;

Upon determining need to customize current user event participation mode, configuring user participation mode and applying for the signed-in event and/or activities with the functions provided by the user control module via the client-side application;

Determining whether to perform event activity participation management during event participation, wherein user event activity participation management is user control of whether to or not to participate the event activities provisioned to the signed-in event user;

Upon determining need to perform event activity management, selecting, from the list of the activities provisioned to the signed-in user, the activities to participate or block and the associated activity participation mode with the functions provided by the user control module via the client-side application;

Determining whether to change the current settings for user data privacy, data sharing, data persistence, or data retention for the data generated by the user during event defined activity and information interactions;

Upon determining need to change current settings for use data privacy, data sharing, data persistence or data retention, performing user self-control of data privacy, data sharing, data persistence, or data retention settings with the functions provided by the user control module via the client-side application.

17. The method recited in claim 16, wherein pulling in the event via the client-side application further comprises:

Entering an event id directly in the event app to pull in the event into the application if the event id is available and deemed necessary;

Scanning an event associated barcode or QR code to pull the event into the application if applicable, wherein the event bar or QR code can be posted on a social network or web site or their associated mobile app, included in an email or message via an email or messaging service, on a sticker or posted at a physical location;

Pressing or acting on a URI or reference link associated with the event that may bring up the event in the client-side application if applicable, wherein the URI or reference link can be on a social media site, website, inside a mobile app, included in an email or message, or from a traditional media;

Acting on one or multiple events discovered via the event discovery module with the client-side application by dragging in or following the menu action items associated with the discovered event for event participation, wherein an event to participate may be discovered via search, browse, or discovery via location, topic, or establishment aware services.

18. The method recited in claim 16, wherein performing user self-control of user data privacy, data sharing, data persistence, and retention settings, and user self-control of event participation mode and activity participation management with the user control module via the client-side application at the event pull-in, sign-up, or sign-up further comprises:

Determining whether to change the event default data and user privacy settings and apply user pre-defined preference settings for data and user privacy to the event the user decide to participate, wherein user pre-defined preference settings for data and user privacy can be at the user level across all the events a user may choose to participate, or it can be associated with one or multiple user profiles, and/or associated with one or multiple event or event activity categories or characteristics;

Upon determining need to apply user pre-defined preference setting for data and user privacy, associating the selected user pre-defined preference setting for data and user privacy to the participated event with the functions provided by the user control module via the client-side application;

Determining whether to change event default and/or user participation profile default data sharing, data persistence, or data retention settings for user generated data produced during event defined activity and information interactions, wherein user participation profile default or user customized data sharing, data persistence, or data retention settings, if available or applicable, will take precedence over the event default settings if the settings are more restrictive;

Upon determining need to change event and/or user participation profile default and data sharing, data persistence, or data retention settings for user generated data for the participating event or event activity, changing and applying the desired data sharing, data persistence, and/or data retention settings to the corresponding event and/or event activity with the functions provided by the user control module via the client-side application;

Determining whether to change event default and/or event participating user profile default participation mode, wherein event participating user profile default or user customized participation mode, if available or applicable, will take precedence if the participation mode is more strict than the event default user participation mode;

Upon determining need to change event and/or event participating user default participation mode, configuring event and/or activity participation mode and applying to the event or event activity with the functions provided by the user control module via the client-side application.

19. The method recited in claim 16, wherein performing event defined and event specific activity and information interactions provisioned to the signed-in user further comprises:

Interacting with information items about or related to the event and/or the event references, the information items related or about the event host, event activities, and/or related other event participating user postings or communications that are visible and/or provisioned to the sign-in user, wherein interacting with information items is the user actions performed by the a signed-in event user such as viewing, messaging, responding, copying, and other information processing or communication actions with the event-defined channel;

Interacting with event defined and event specific activities that are provisioned to the event user, wherein event defined and specific activities are one or multiple functions, processes, actions, transactions, and/or communications the event user can interact with and/or invoke, which will result in one or multiple status or state changes and/or system actions;

Determining whether one or multiple information items can be shared outside the event and if the event user intends to share the information outside of the event, wherein the shareable information items are defined by the event host and/or users who creates or generates the specific information items;

Upon determining that the information items are shareable, share the information items via share and feed function and services in the said system to a social network site, a website, a mobile app, or a media source;

Determining whether to stop participating an event and discarding the event, wherein stop participating and discarding an event means signing out of an event permanently with a user-generated data archived or erased to the degree as specified by the user controlled settings for data privacy, persistence, and retention;

Upon determining need to stop participating an event, signing off permanently from the event with the user self-controlled data privacy, persistence, and retention settings.

20. The method recited in claim 16, wherein performing user self-control of data privacy, data sharing, data persistence, or data retention settings during event participation further comprises:

Changing the current user setting for data privacy and data sharing setting, if deemed necessary, for user generated data produced during event defined activity and information interactions;

Changing the current user setting for data persistence setting, if deemed necessary, for user generated data produced during event defined activity and information interactions;

Changing the current user setting for data retention setting, if deemed necessary, for user generated data produced during event defined activity and information interactions.