Patent ID: 9734467
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of determining and providing information regarding entities associated with the event-planning industry, comprising: receiving, over an electronic network, requests at a web server from entities to become members; selectively granting, by a processor of the web server, the received requests; receiving information at the web server from a plurality of first members; generating, in response to requests from the first members, member files in a database based on the received information, the member files corresponding to the first members; receiving an information request, at the web server, in response to creation of an event by a second member; selectively providing for display, by the processor, information from at least one of the member files to an output device of the second member, the information being selected based on the information request; receiving, from an input device, and based on the information, a designation of a selected venue and a plurality of selections of candidate vendors; receiving, from the input device, venue requirements from the selected venue; automatically comparing, by the processor, information received from the candidate vendors to the venue requirements; and automatically designating, by the processor, at least one of the candidate vendors as an authorized vendor based on the comparison, wherein the automatic designating includes designating the authorized vendor as a preferred member, the preferred member is granted access to connect according to predetermined terms, and the access and connection are established based on a preferred relationship.