Patent ID: 8260641
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: A63F,G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system usable by an attraction provider for merchandising commercial attractions to a community of subscribers, the system comprising: (i) an attraction provider server, and (ii) an encounter generator server; said attraction provider server and said encounter generator server configured to cooperate for merchandising commercial attractions to subscribers of the community by: said attraction provider server providing commercial attractions to said encounter generator server; said encounter generator server receiving commercial attractions from said attraction provider server and storing the received commercial attractions in an attraction database; said encounter generator server presenting commercial attractions provided by said attraction provider server to subscriber terminals of subscribers of the community, and receiving, from a subscriber terminal of each participating subscriber of a plurality of participating subscribers of the community, a ranking of said each participating subscriber's interest in commercial attractions provided by said attraction provider server; a processor of said encounter generator server generating an encounter by: said attraction provider server booking said assigned attraction for said ensemble.