Social networking websites and systems for publishing sampling event data
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1. A social networking system, comprising:
- at least one server system configured and adapted to effectuate a social networking website including one or more social networking web pages or data feeds associated with a member of the social networking website, the at least one server system being configured to cause the member to identify one or more social groups specified by one or both of links or associations between the member and one or more other members of the social networking website; and
a compilation routine executing on the at least one server system or on another machine connected to the at least one server system, the compilation routine being adapted to receive and process sampling event data derived from a sampling event and social game involving a sampling group including the member of the social networking website and one or more others sampling and rating a set of items, the sampling event data including ratings for the set of items and member event information relating preferences or outcomes of the member to preferences or outcomes associated with one or more of the others;
wherein the compilation routine is further adapted to (1) automatically and selectively modify at least one of the one or more social networking web pages or data feeds to publish at least some of the member event information, and (2) generate an optimized item sampling event sequence.
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Abstract
Items—including gourmet products—are evaluated and rated by participants in a controlled event, which can be coordinated by software locally or at a dedicated website. Event data, including item scores and participant scores can be shared with vendors, merchants and other commercial entities associated with the products. Promotional incentives from such entities for the products (and related products) can then be directly targeted and provided to participants and other members of the public. The participant'"'"'s activities can also be collected and disseminated to affiliates/friends of the participants through social networking sites, personalized web pages, etc.
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1. A social networking system, comprising:
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at least one server system configured and adapted to effectuate a social networking website including one or more social networking web pages or data feeds associated with a member of the social networking website, the at least one server system being configured to cause the member to identify one or more social groups specified by one or both of links or associations between the member and one or more other members of the social networking website; and a compilation routine executing on the at least one server system or on another machine connected to the at least one server system, the compilation routine being adapted to receive and process sampling event data derived from a sampling event and social game involving a sampling group including the member of the social networking website and one or more others sampling and rating a set of items, the sampling event data including ratings for the set of items and member event information relating preferences or outcomes of the member to preferences or outcomes associated with one or more of the others; wherein the compilation routine is further adapted to (1) automatically and selectively modify at least one of the one or more social networking web pages or data feeds to publish at least some of the member event information, and (2) generate an optimized item sampling event sequence. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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19. A method for publishing information from a sampling event on a social network, comprising:
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providing the social network using at least one server system, the social network including one or more social networking web pages or data feeds associated with a member of the social networking website and provided by the at least one server system over a communications network, the at least one server system being configured to cause the member to identify one or more social groups specified by one or both of links or associations between the member and one or more other members of the social networking website; using the at least one server system, receiving and processing sampling event data derived from a sampling event involving a sampling group including the member of the social networking website and one or more others sampling and rating a set of items in a social game, the sampling event data including a set of ratings for the set of items and member event information relating preferences or outcomes of the member to preferences or outcomes associated with one or more of the others; using the at least one server system, generating an optimized item sampling event sequence for the sampling event or another sampling event that describes one or more of (1) a sampling position or order in which at least one of the set of items should be sampled during the item sampling event, (2) and identity of a least one of the set of items, or (3) a composition of the set of items; and automatically and selectively modifying at least one of the one or more social networking web pages or data feeds to publish at least some of the member event information. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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