Integrated Gourmet Item Data Collection, Recommender and Vending System and Method
First Claim
1. A method of conducting a sampling event for items, comprising:
- providing a first routine adapted to execute on one or more electronic data collection devices;
collecting at least a set of individual user ratings for the set of items from a group of participants using said first routine executing on said one or more electronic data collection devices during the item sampling event;
calculating item sampling event data for said group of participants, including at least item scores and participant scores, from the set of ratings using a second computing routine;
providing at least some of said item sampling event data from said electronic data collection devices through a network to one or more electronic computing systems associated with third parties involved in one or more of the making, distributing, or selling of the items;
sharing at least some of said item sampling event data, or metrics derived from said item sampling event data, with said group of participants with said first routine during a time period associated with the item sampling event; and
transferring one or both of promotional coupons or other electronic feedback from such third parties over a network to said one or more electronic data collection devices or other electronic message accounts associated with said group of participants;
wherein said promotional coupons or other electronic feedback are coupled to and dynamically adjustable by one or both of said second computing routine and said first computing routine based on one or both of a geographical location of said one or more data collection devices or a residence address of said group of participants.
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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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20 Claims
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1. A method of conducting a sampling event for items, comprising:
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providing a first routine adapted to execute on one or more electronic data collection devices; collecting at least a set of individual user ratings for the set of items from a group of participants using said first routine executing on said one or more electronic data collection devices during the item sampling event; calculating item sampling event data for said group of participants, including at least item scores and participant scores, from the set of ratings using a second computing routine; providing at least some of said item sampling event data from said electronic data collection devices through a network to one or more electronic computing systems associated with third parties involved in one or more of the making, distributing, or selling of the items; sharing at least some of said item sampling event data, or metrics derived from said item sampling event data, with said group of participants with said first routine during a time period associated with the item sampling event; and transferring one or both of promotional coupons or other electronic feedback from such third parties over a network to said one or more electronic data collection devices or other electronic message accounts associated with said group of participants; wherein said promotional coupons or other electronic feedback are coupled to and dynamically adjustable by one or both of said second computing routine and said first computing routine based on one or both of a geographical location of said one or more data collection devices or a residence address of said group of participants. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of conducting a sampling event for items, comprising:
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collecting at least a set of ratings on each of a set of items from a group of participants using at least one first computing routine running on at least one electronic data collection device; calculating item sampling event data for the group of participants, including at least item scores and participant scores, using a second computing routine; correlating the item scores or participant scores for at least some of the group of participants with either or both of (1) item scores or participant scores of others of the group of participants or (2) rating predictions for the group of participants to create a set of correlated data using the second computing routine or a third computing routine; providing at least some of said item sampling event data from the at least one electronic data collection device through a network to one or more electronic computing systems associated with third parties involved in one or more of the making, distributing, or selling of the items; sharing at least some of the set of correlated data with the group of participants; and is transferring coupons or promotional materials over a network to the electronic data collection devices or to electronic message accounts associated with the group of participants, the coupons or promotional materials being based, at least in part, on the item sampling event data and being dynamically adjustable by one or more of the first, second or third computing routines based on the geographic locations or residence addresses of ones of the group of participants. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of conducting a sampling event for items, comprising:
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selecting a set of items for a group of participants based on a set of predicted ratings using a recommendation engine running on a first computing system; collecting a least a set of ratings on each of the set of items from the group of participants using a first computing routine running on at least one electronic data collection device during the sampling event; calculating item sampling event data, including at least item scores and participant scores, using a second computing routine; providing at least some of the item sampling event data from the at least one electronic data collection device through a network to one or more electronic computing systems associated with third parties involved in one or more of the making, distributing, or selling of the items; correlating the item scores or participant scores for at least some of the group of participants with the predicted ratings for the group of participants to create a set of correlated data using the second computing routine or a third computing routine; sharing at least some of the set of correlated data with the group of participants using the first computing routine during a time period associated with the sampling event; transferring electronic coupons or electronic promotional materials through a network to the at least one electronic data collection device or to electronic message accounts associated with the group of participants, the coupons or promotional materials being based, at least in part, on the item sampling event data, and being dynamically adjustable by one or more of the first, second, or third computing routines based on the geographic locations of ones of the group of participants. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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