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Event determination and invitation generation

  • US 9,858,591 B2
  • Filed: 09/28/2012
  • Issued: 01/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for creating an invitation on a social network, the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving, from a social networking program operating on a first computer system by an event program operating on a second computer system, data from a social networking post;

    identifying, by the event program, information from the data associated with a first member of a social network;

    determining, by the event program, whether the information includes information about a future event that the first member intends to participate in;

    generating, by the event program, an event record based on the information about the future event;

    responsive to generating the event record, determining, by the event program, whether the information about the future event in the event record is above a numeric threshold, wherein the numeric threshold is a percentage of fields in the event record that are filled in with information, wherein the threshold is below one hundred percent and above zero percent;

    responsive to determining that the information about the future event in the event record is above a numeric threshold, transmitting, by the event program, the event record to the first member of the social network;

    receiving, from the first member of the social network by the event program, one or more updates to the event record, wherein the updates include one or more of the following;

    an update to the event record or adding information to the event record;

    receiving, from the first member of the social network by the event program, one or more members of the social network to transmit an invitation to;

    responsive to receiving one or more updates to the event record, updating, by the event program, the event record with the one or more updates to the event record; and

    generating, by the event program, an invitation to each member of the one or more members of the social network for the future event based on the event record.

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