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Value analysis and value added concoction of a beverage in a network environment of the beverage

  • US 7,881,960 B2
  • Filed: 11/30/2006
  • Issued: 02/01/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • based on an incentive promoting a wine to a plurality of users of a network, acquiring opinion data from the plurality of users, the opinion data relating to a set of attributes defining the wine, the set of attributes including a year, a winery, a region, a climate, a barrel, a maker, a pairing food, a cost, a suggested retail price, a best occasion to consume, an age, an aroma, a taste, an after-taste, and a body, the aroma, the body, and the after taste being intrinsic qualities;

    applying an algorithm through the processor to estimate a future price of the wine based on the opinion data,the applying of the algorithm including processing the opinion data relating to the suggested retail price for the wine together with the opinion data relating to the intrinsic qualities of the wine;

    applying the algorithm to estimate another future price based on further opinion data, the further opinion data relating to the intrinsic qualities of a variation of the wine, the other future price being an estimation of the future price of the variation of the wine, the variation of the wine accentuating at least one of the intrinsic qualities of the wine;

    connecting a first registered user of the plurality of users of the network and a second registered user of the plurality of users of the network when a first opinion data, of the opinion data, provided by the first registered user matches, beyond a threshold value, with a second opinion data, of the opinion data, provided by a second registered user, the connecting of the first registered user and the second registered user includingcommunicating a first profile data of the first registered user to the second registered user for display, and communicating a second profile data of the second registered user to the first registered user for display;

    communicating an invitation data to an unregistered user acquainted to the network by another registered user of the plurality of users;

    adding the unregistered user to a database of the network through processing a new profile data of the unregistered user when the unregistered user communicates an acceptance data to the registered user;

    selectively recommending, based on the opinion data, wine related products to the plurality of users of the network, the wine-related products at least including a winery tour, a restaurant dining, a food pairing, a travel region, a lodging, a spa, a music file, and an artwork;

    generating a consumption data of the wine based on at least one of the set of attributes; and

    providing a financial reward to any one of the plurality of users when the any one of the plurality of users performs at least one of posting a blog related to the wine and the wine-related products, rating the wine and the wine-related products, and inviting the unregistered user to join the network.

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