Patent ID: 7966194
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for targeted networking amongst event attendees, comprising the steps of: an event manager accessing an event management module comprising a processor, memory, and a network interface for accessing a network event management module is coupled with a plurality of clients via said network, wherein said plurality of clients comprises plurality of potential attendees and an event host, wherein said management module is further configured with management tools and attendee tools said event host registering into an event networking system using said management tools; said event host establishing an event networking web-space using said management tools; said event host configuring said event networking webspace with said attendee tools for allowing attendees the ability to individually register directly for said event networking web-space; said event host preloading a plurality of attendee information directly into said event networking system via said event networking web-space, wherein said preloaded information is previously stored in said memory; said event host saving any of professional and personal information into profiles for registered attendees, wherein said profiles are saved in said event networking system; and said event host creating a login account with a username and a password for each registered attendee; said event host providing said username and said password to each registered attendee; and said event host creating an individual attendee web-space for each registered attendee to display a profile selected from among any of, a professional profile and a personal profile, for said attendees with said attendee's respective professional and personal information currently available in said event networking system; said attendees registering with a web-space to access at least some information about other registered attendees to allow targeted networking between registered attendees at any of before, during, or after said event; said event host offering priority features to said attendees in a sub-navigation area of said individual attendee web-space; said attendees storing in a sub-navigation area of said individual attendee web-space invitations to other users and introductions by other users and profiles sent along with said invitations and introductions; said attendees storing in a sub-navigation area of said individual attendee web-space invitations and introductions received and corresponding replies and profiles as sent with each received invitation or introduction; said attendees inviting other individuals, viewing accepted and rejected invitations, and viewing other individuals profile in any of said attendee's professional and personal network; said attendee exchanging messages between network members; said attendees storing references from any of professional and personal contacts said attendees controlling the content of said profile for input, storage, analysis, retrieval, or display to specific chosen authorized users or groups; said attendees controlling multi-level privacy settings, said multi-levels comprising horizontal and vertical levels, said horizontal levels comprising any, many, or all fields in said individual's profile with corresponding privacy selection options to control display of each field content specifically to vertical levels, said vertical levels comprising access and privacy levels, said horizontal level comprising profile field-level settings, said vertical levels comprising groups, wherein said user controls access to said user profile content at both a profile level and a field level, with multiple horizontal and vertical privacy levels for each field and for an entire profile, wherein access permission is provided by said individual to any, multiple, or all horizontal and vertical privacy levels to read a defined group of records, but not necessarily all fields in each record; said attendee creating sub-networks where professional networking and personal networking are separate from each other; said event host hosting an event in physical space; said event host making said event available virtually via said network to virtual users via said networking web-space, further comprising: said event networking system proprietor monetizing said event management module by performing any of: