System and Method for Peer Person- And Situation-Based Recommendations

• US 20080201197A1
• Filed: 02/16/2007
• Published: 08/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rearden Commerce Inc
• Original Assignee: Rearden Commerce Inc
• Inventors: Orttung, Mark, Newman, Patrick, Lowell, Tamar, Greco, Aaron
• Application Number:
  US11/625,145
• Publication Number:
  US 20080201197A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A system and method for peer person and/or situation-based recommendations. In one embodiment, the method, which may be implemented on a system, comprises receiving a request for a set of entertainment events, the requesting comprising at least one of an identity of an inviter and an identify of an invitee; selecting a first set of entertainment events from a database by comparing information in the request to one or more units of data in the database, comprising peers of the inviter, peers of the invitee; and, providing to be viewed the first set of entertainment events selected from the database. In an alternative embodiment, the selecting the set of entertainment events from the database, further comprises comparing information in the request to one or more units of data in the database, comprising peer companies of the invitee, peer companies of the inviter.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request for a set of entertainment events, the requesting comprising at least one of an identity of an inviter and an identify of an invitee;

selecting a first set of entertainment events from a database by comparing information in the request to one or more units of data in the database, comprising peers of the inviter, peers of the invitee; and

providing to be viewed the first set of entertainment events selected from the database.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting the set of entertainment events from the database, further comprises comparing information in the request to one or more units of data in the database, comprising peer companies of the invitee, peer companies of the inviter.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the peers of the inviter comprise individuals having an identified position equivalent to the inviter based on a predetermined criteria, and the peers of the invitee comprise individuals having an identified position equivalent to the invitee based on a predetermined criteria.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting the set of entertainment events from the database, further comprises comparing information in the request to one or more units of data in the database, comprising an identified quantification of a prospective transaction related to the invitee and inviter.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the selecting the set of entertainment events from the database, further comprises selecting the events in accordance with predetermined policies related to one of the inviter or a company of the inviter.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the predetermined policies related to one of the inviter or a company of the inviter, comprise budget parameters for entertainment events.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the providing to be viewed the set of entertainment events selected from the database, further comprises providing an option to have a second set of entertainment events provided, the separate set selected from the database by the comparing of information in the request to one or more units of data in the database.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first set of events provided are a greater match, relative to the second set of events, between information provided in the request and the data units in the database based on predetermined criteria.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

Receiving a selection of an event and booking the event.

10. A machine readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions which when executed, cause a machine to perform a method comprising:

receiving a request for a set of entertainment events, the requesting comprising at least one of an identity of an inviter and an identify of an invitee;

selecting a first set of entertainment events from a database by comparing information in the request to one or more units of data in the database, comprising peers of the inviter, peers of the invitee; and

providing to be viewed the first set of entertainment events selected from the database.

11. The machine readable medium of claim 10, wherein the selecting the set of entertainment events from the database, further comprises comparing information in the request to one or more units of data in the database, comprising peer companies of the invitee, peer companies of the inviter.

12. The machine readable medium of claim 11, wherein the peers of the inviter comprise individuals having an identified position equivalent to the inviter based on a predetermined criteria, and the peers of the invitee comprise individuals having an identified position equivalent to the invitee based on a predetermined criteria.

13. The machine readable medium of claim 10, wherein the selecting the set of entertainment events from the database, further comprises comparing information in the request to one or more units of data in the database, comprising an identified quantification of a prospective transaction related to the invitee and inviter.

14. The machine readable medium of claim 12, wherein the selecting the set of entertainment events from the database, further comprises selecting the events in accordance with predetermined policies related to one of the inviter or a company of the inviter.

15. The machine readable medium of claim 14, wherein the predetermined policies related to one of the inviter or a company of the inviter, comprise budget parameters for entertainment events.

16. The machine readable medium of claim 15, wherein the providing to be viewed the set of entertainment events selected from the database, further comprises providing an option to have a second set of entertainment events provided, the separate set selected from the database by the comparing of information in the request to one or more units of data in the database.

17. The machine readable medium of claim 16, wherein the first set of events provided are a greater match, relative to the second set of events, between information provided in the request and the data units in the database based on predetermined criteria.

18. The machine readable medium of claim 17, further comprising:

Receiving a selection of an event and booking the event.

19. A system comprising:

a means for receiving a request for a set of entertainment events, the requesting comprising at least one of an identity of an inviter and an identify of an invitee;

a means for selecting a first set of entertainment events from a database by comparing information in the request to one or more units of data in the database, comprising peers of the inviter, peers of the invitee; and

a means for providing to be viewed the first set of entertainment events selected from the database.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the means for selecting the set of entertainment events from the database, further comprises means for comparing information in the request to one or more units of data in the database, comprising peer companies of the invitee, peer companies of the inviter.