Patent ID: 7836140
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of managing group-based invitations to an event, the method comprising: identifying a skill set required to perform the event, wherein the skill set includes a plurality of skills required to perform the event; associating the skill set with a plurality of group identifiers; creating an invitation to the event, wherein the invitation is addressed to the plurality of group identifiers and specifies the skill set required to perform the event; identifying at least one person possessing the skill set from among one or more persons based on an association of the one or more persons with the plurality of group identifiers, wherein each of the at least one person possesses at least one skill of the skill set; sending the invitation to the at least one person identified as possessing the skill set in accordance with one or more invitation strategies, wherein at least one of the one or more invitation strategies comprises ranking the one or more persons in accordance with one or more criteria, the one or more criteria including a number of the plurality of group identifiers with which each of the one or more persons is associated; and withdrawing the invitation from the at least one person possessing the skill set and sending the invitation to a second at least one person on the condition that the second at least one person is identified as possessing a second skill set comprising a greater number of skills than the skill set, wherein the method is implemented by one or more computing devices, each of the one or more computing devices including at least one processor and a memory, at least one processor of at least one of the one or more computing devices executing computer-readable program code stored in the memory of the at least one of the one or more computing devices to perform steps of the method.