INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC INVITATION PROCESS

• US 20080098087A1
• Filed: 10/24/2006
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fabfemme Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Fabfemme Incorporated
• Inventors: Lubeck, Susan
• Application Number:
  US11/552,297
• Publication Number:
  US 20080098087A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/218
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

A method and system to generate an electronic invitation are provided. The system may include a display module, a communications module and an invitation engine. The display module may be configured to display an invite control viewable with a member profile section. The member profile section may display a profile of a member. The communications module may be configured to receive a request to activate the invite control. The invitation engine may be configured to react to the request by adding an identification of the member to an invitee list.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a display module to display an invite control, the invite control viewable from a member profile section, the member profile section to display a profile of a member;

a communications module to receive a request to activate the invite control; and

an invitation engine to react to the request by adding an identification of the member to an invitee list.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the invitation engine is to initiate an electronic invitation process in response to the request to activate the invite control.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the display module is to display an invitation workspace in response to the request to activate the invite control.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the invitation engine is to generate an electronic invitation utilizing the invitee list.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the invite control and the profile of the member are associated with an online social network service.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein:

the communications module is to receive the request to activate the invite control from an originator, the originator being a member of the online social network service; and

the member is a member of the online social network service.

7. The system of claim 5, further comprising a suggestion module to:

detect information associated with a candidate, the candidate being a member of the online social network service; and

selectively, based on a parameter, generate a suggestion to add an identification of the candidate to the invitee list.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the parameter is association information for the member and the candidate.

9. The system of claim 5, further comprising a suggestion module to:

detect an attribute of an event associated with the guest list;

detect information associated with a candidate, the candidate being a member of the online social network service; and

selectively, based on the attribute of the event and on the information associated with the candidate, generate a suggestion to add an identification of the candidate to the invitee list.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising a bookmark module, wherein:

the display module is to display a bookmark control viewable from the member profile section;

the communications module is to receive a request to activate the bookmark control; and

the bookmark module is to respond to the request to activate the bookmark control by identifying the member as a contact of an originator of the request to activate the bookmark control.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the invitation engine is to:

detect a contact associated with an originator of the request to activate the invite control; and

add an identification of the contact to the invitee list.

12. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:

displaying an invite control, the invite control viewable simultaneously with a member profile section, the member profile section to display a profile of a member;

receiving a request to activate the invite control; and

reacting to the request by adding an identification of the member to an invitee list.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the reacting to the request comprises initiating an electronic invitation process.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the adding of the member'"'"'s information to the invitee list comprises displaying an invitation workspace.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising generating an electronic invitation utilizing the invitee list.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the invite control and the profile of the member are associated with an online social network service.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein:

an originator of the request to activate the invite control is a member of the online social network service; and

the member is a member of the online social network service.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

detecting information associated with a candidate, the candidate being a member of the online social network service; and

selectively, based on a parameter, generating a suggestion to add an identification of the candidate to the invitee list.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the parameter is association information for the member and the candidate.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

detecting an attribute of an event associated with the guest list;

detecting information associated with a candidate, the candidate being a member of the online social network service; and

selectively, based on the attribute of the event and on the information associated with the candidate, generating a suggestion to add an identification of the candidate to the invitee list.

21. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

displaying a bookmark control viewable from the member profile section;

receiving a request to activate the bookmark control; and

responding to the request to activate the bookmark control by identifying the member as a contact of an originator of the request to activate the bookmark control.

22. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

detecting a contact associated with the originator of the request to activate the invite control; and

adding an identification of the contact to the invitee list.

23. A method comprising:

invoking an electronic invitation process responsive to activation of a control viewable with a member profile section;

automatically identifying invitees based on profiles of online social network members; and

adding the identified invitees into an electronic invitation associated with the electronic invitation process.

24. A method comprising:

initiating an electronic invitation process to an event response to a request received from a first user; and

automatically identifying a second user to be suggested as an invitee to the event using event characteristic information associated with the event.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the event characteristic information is selected from a group of event characteristic information items including event type, event location, event time, and event duration.

26. The method of claim 24, wherein the identifying of the second user to be suggested as an invitee to the event comprises using profile information of the first user.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the profile information is selected from a group of profile information items including user demographic information and user preference information.

28. The method of claim 24, wherein the automatic identification of the second user includes performing a matching operation between the characteristic information associated with the event and user profile information of the second user.

32. The graphical user interface of claim 24, wherein the invitation workspace is viewable simultaneously with a plurality of graphical items, the plurality of graphical items being associated with a plurality of members of an online social network service.

29. A machine-readable medium having instruction data to cause a machine to:

display an invite control, the invite control viewable from a member profile section, the member profile section to display a profile of a member;

receive a request to activate the invite control; and

react to the request by adding an identification of the member to an invitee list.

30. An apparatus comprising:

means for displaying an invite control, the invite control viewable from a member profile section, the member profile section to display a profile of a member;

means for receiving a request to activate the invite control; and

means for reacting to the request by adding an identification of the member to an invitee list.

31. A graphical user interface comprising:

a member profile section to display a profile of a member;

an invitation workspace to display a guest list; and

an invite control, the invite control viewable simultaneously with the member profile section, the invite control to trigger an activation of the invitation workspace in response to a request to activate the invite control.