Abstract:
Automated event creation for talent-venue pairings. In an embodiment, a plurality of talent profiles and venue profiles are created, each comprising information for a talent or venue, respectively. Information in one or more talent profiles is compared to information in one or more venue profiles to identify at least one match between a talent and a venue. A representation of an event is generated based on the at least one match, wherein the event comprises at least one action performed by the talent at the venue. One or more potential patrons of the event are identified and invited to the event.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
       [0001]    This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent App. No. 62/213,129, filed on Sep. 2, 2015, and titled “Systems and Methods for Pairing Chefs, Musicians, Bars, Restaurants and Customers to Create Exclusive Events,” the entirety of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference. 
     
    
     BACKGROUND 
       [0002]    Field of the Invention 
         [0003]    The embodiments described herein are generally directed to the fully-automated or semi-automated creation of events, and, more particularly, events featuring talent (e.g., chef and/or musician), a venue, and patrons. 
         [0004]    Related Art 
         [0005]    In the restaurant industry, successful bars and restaurants are created through a combination of multiple features, including the cuisine, chef, location, ambiance, availability of live music, price, menu, customer service and reputation. However, even the most successful bars and restaurants often need to continuously update their menus, ambiance, decor, chefs, and other features to maintain interest among their customer base. Many bars and restaurants fail due to their inability to update these features, in particular the menus, cuisine, chefs, and ambiance. 
         [0006]    An even more basic problem is the need for bars and restaurants to drive business consistently every day of the week. Certain weeknights are notoriously slow for bars and restaurants, and the bars and restaurants usually respond with specials or discounts only on those nights. However, consumers eventually tire of the same special offers after a long period of time, as the offers are simply no longer “special,” but mundane. 
         [0007]    A further challenge is the basic competition between restaurants for the same customer. The techniques used to fill tables on slow nights involves one strategy, while the techniques used to fill tables on a popular dining night—such as Valentine&#39;s Day or New Year&#39;s Eve—may involve a completely different strategy. Further still is the challenge to remain relevant, as the restaurant industry constantly goes through changing trends in food or cuisine. Many restaurants can do nothing but watch while newer, trendier restaurant concepts spring up and steal business. 
         [0008]    The food industry as a whole has seen a recent resurgence in interest, from an increased emphasis on fresh, quality ingredients to the increased visibility of chefs and restaurants, due in part to the use of social media. The use of online reviews alone has required the restaurant industry to focus on a subset of customers whose reviews command more respect and attention than a seasoned food critic. A well-executed social media campaign can drive business to a restaurant indefinitely, as customers are relying more and more on online content to provide them with information on the best restaurants and special events. Many customers create online profiles that provide valuable insight into dining trends and preferences. However, aggregating and analyzing the massive amount of online content is a challenge. 
         [0009]    Therefore, it is desirable to develop systems and methods to utilize online content and identify trends to create and maintain interest in a bar and/or restaurant. 
         [0010]    Similarly, it is desirable to develop systems and methods to utilize online content and identify trends to create and maintain interest in a musician and/or chef. 
       SUMMARY 
       [0011]    In an embodiment, a method is disclosed. The method comprises using at least one hardware processor to: create a plurality of talent profiles, wherein each talent profile comprises information for a talent; create a plurality of venue profiles, wherein each venue profile comprises information for a venue; compare information in one or more of the plurality of talent profiles to information in one or more of the plurality of venue profiles to identify at least one match between a first talent and a first venue; generate a representation of an event based on the at least one match between the first talent and the first venue, wherein the event comprises at least one action performed by the first talent at the first venue; identify one or more potential patrons of the event; and invite the one or more potential patrons to the event. 
         [0012]    In another embodiment, a system is disclosed. The system comprises: at least one hardware processor; and at least one software module configured to, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, create a plurality of talent profiles, wherein each talent profile comprises information for a talent, create a plurality of venue profiles, wherein each venue profile comprises information for a venue, compare information in one or more of the plurality of talent profiles to information in one or more of the plurality of venue profiles to identify at least one match between a first talent and a first venue, generate a representation of an event based on the at least one match between the first talent and the first venue, wherein the event comprises at least one action performed by the first talent at the first venue, identify one or more potential patrons of the event, and invite the one or more potential patrons to the event. 
         [0013]    In another embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable medium is disclosed. The non-transitory computer-readable medium has instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to: create a plurality of talent profiles, wherein each talent profile comprises information for a talent; create a plurality of venue profiles, wherein each venue profile comprises information for a venue; compare information in one or more of the plurality of talent profiles to information in one or more of the plurality of venue profiles to identify at least one match between a first talent and a first venue; generate a representation of an event based on the at least one match between the first talent and the first venue, wherein the event comprises at least one action performed by the first talent at the first venue; identify one or more potential patrons of the event; and invite the one or more potential patrons to the event. 
         [0014]    Embodiments described herein provide systems, methods, and media for matching talent (e.g., chefs and/or musicians) restaurants, bars and customers to create customized, exclusive music and/or dining events. The system utilizes complex profiles and schedules of restaurants, bars, talent, and customers to create suggested pairings that manifest into an exclusive, one-time dining and/or live music experience where the paired talent and bar or restaurant create a unique menu, musical performance, etc. based on their collective skill sets, which can then be marketed to a targeted set of customers. The system may include one or more computing devices where the talent, restaurant, bar, and/or customer each interact within an application or website to create a profile of their skills, interests, capabilities, preferences, and/or availability, which is then stored in and analyzed by a remote server to produce recommended matches. Ratings and reviews may also be utilized to determine the recommended matches. Once a match is created, additional profile information is used to guide the talent and bar or restaurant in creating a menu based on the capabilities, supplies, and/or capacity of the bar or restaurant and talent. The menu is then broadcast to interested customers who, based on their membership level or participation, may buy tickets or book reservations in advance. 
         [0015]    Other features and advantages of the present invention will become more readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art after reviewing the following detailed description and accompanying drawings. While the talent will be primarily referred to herein as chefs or musicians, it should be understood that embodiments may be adapted to suit other types of talent. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0016]    The structure and operation of the present invention will be understood from a review of the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings in which like reference numerals refer to like parts and in which: 
           [0017]      FIG. 1  is a network diagram illustrating an example system for creating and matching profiles of chefs, musicians, restaurants, bars, and customers to create exclusive events, according to an embodiment of the invention; 
           [0018]      FIG. 2  is a flow diagram illustrating an example process for matching chefs, musicians, restaurants, bars and customers to create the exclusive events, according to an embodiment of the invention; 
           [0019]      FIG. 3  is a block diagram illustrating an example wired or wireless processor enabled device that may be used in connection with various embodiments described herein; and 
           [0020]      FIG. 4  is a flow diagram illustrating an example process for multivariate statistical analysis that may be used in connection with various embodiments described herein. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       [0021]    Certain embodiments disclosed herein provide for matching chefs, musicians, restaurants, bars, and customers based on profile information to create exclusive events. For example, one method disclosed herein provides for matching profile information of chefs and restaurants to create and plan an exclusive, one-time dining event, including a customized menu, which is then broadcast to a target set of customers who are interested in the particular match. The chefs, restaurants, and customers utilize memberships to obtain particular benefits, and provide reviews and rankings that influence future matches. 
         [0022]    One embodiment of a system  100  for creating and matching profiles of musicians, chefs, bars, restaurants, and customers is illustrated in  FIG. 1 , where each participant uses a computing device  102 —shown here as a bar device  102 A, restaurant device  102 B, musician device  102 C, chef device  102 D, and patron device  102 E—to interact with an application on the device, a matching server  104  or website accessible on the device and hosted by the matching server  104  to create and maintain their individual profile. The profiles may then be stored in a profile database  106  of the matching server  104  connected with the computing devices via a network. The matching server  104  may be configured with software programmed to analyze the profile information and suggest, schedule, and plan matches between the musicians, chefs, bars, restaurants and customers. The matching server  104  may also be configured to generate user interfaces for display on the participants&#39; computing devices  102 , as well as to transmit and receive information between the devices  102 . 
         [0023]      FIG. 2  illustrates one embodiment of a method for matching musicians, chefs, bars, restaurants, and customers, according to one embodiment of the invention. In a first step, the user on the computing device—be it the bar, restaurant, musician, chef, or patron—launches the application ( 202 ) and creates a profile ( 204 ). Information in the profiles is then used to match musicians, chefs, bars, restaurants, and patrons ( 206 ), identify the matches ( 208 ) to potential matching users and schedule an event ( 210 ) with the matching musician and/or chef and bar or restaurant. The musician and/or chef and bar or restaurant then plan the event details ( 212 ) through the customized user interface, and patrons are notified of the event ( 214 ). Once the event is complete, the patrons (and the bar or restaurant and musician and/or chef) can generate reviews of the event and participants ( 216 ). 
         [0024]    After reading this description it will become apparent to one skilled in the art how to implement the invention in various alternative embodiments and alternative applications. However, although various embodiments of the present invention will be described herein, it is understood that these embodiments are presented by way of example only, and not limitation. As such, this detailed description of various alternative embodiments should not be construed to limit the scope or breadth of the present invention as set forth in the appended claims. 
         [0025]    I. Profiles 
         [0026]    In order to create an event, each of the participants will maintain a profile within the system. The profile for the restaurant, bar, chef, musician, and customer all contain unique profile categories based on the type of information needed to create a match. The profiles may be created by a user on a computing device, as described above in  FIG. 1 , and will be stored within the system in separate or combined databases or database tables which separate the categories for matching. 
         [0027]    In one embodiment, a restaurant profile may include information on the restaurant name, location, cuisine, price range, seating capacity, kitchen equipment, current chef and staffing capabilities, supplies, and availability for dining events. Reviews and ratings of the restaurant may also be included in the restaurant profile, and may be obtained from third party sources or from customer reviews and rankings in addition to the restaurant&#39;s own submitted rankings and ratings. The restaurant profile may also include information on a desired dining event, such as a desired type of cuisine, chef or menu. For example, a restaurant can select a particular chef—either from a list of all chefs or a list of chefs available for a particular date. 
         [0028]    Similarly, a chef profile may include information on the chef such as the chef&#39;s name, location, training, experience, culinary skills, preferred cuisine, and availability. The chef may link his or her online calendar with an availability calendar run by the inventive system in order to better track availability and scheduled events. The chef may also link his or her profile to a third party review or rankings site, or even a social media profile page to help build followers of the chef. As with the restaurant profile, the chef profile may include the chef&#39;s preferences for a dining event, such as a city, restaurant, type of cuisine, or menu that the chef would like to work on. In one embodiment, the chef may create a sample menu of types of dishes that he or she is interested in serving in order to gain more interest from a particular restaurant or customer base. 
         [0029]    In another embodiment, a bar profile may include information on the bar name, location, cuisine availability, live-music availability, price range, seating capacity, kitchen equipment, current chef, current liquor offerings, current staffing capabilities, supplies, and availability for dining and live music events. Reviews and ratings of the bar may also be included in the bar profile, and may be obtained from third party sources or from customer reviews and rankings in addition to the bar&#39;s own submitted rankings and ratings. The bar profile may also include information on a desired event, such as a desired type of cuisine, music genre, chef, musician, or menu. For example, a bar can select a particular musician and/or chef—either from a list of all chefs and/or musicians or a list of chefs and/or musicians available for a particular date. 
         [0030]    Similarly, a musician profile may include information on the musician such as the musician&#39;s name, band name, location, training, experience, skills, music genre, and availability. The musician may link his or her online calendar with an availability calendar run by the inventive system in order to better track availability and scheduled events. The musician may also link his or her profile to a third party review or rankings site, or even a social media profile page to help build followers of the musician or band. As with the bar profile, the musician profile may include the musician&#39;s preferences for an event, such as a city, bar, music genre, that the musician would like to perform for. 
         [0031]    A customer profile is utilized more for identifying potential customers for an existing match as much as it is used for determining an actual match for a dining event. However, the customer profile will still include the customer&#39;s name, location, but primarily include a list of favorites, including cuisine, price range, restaurants, chefs menu items. Furthermore, the customer may link their profile to a third party site, such as a restaurant review site like Yelp!® or their social media profile. The system may then incorporate their reviews and ratings on third party sites when determining particular matches that the customer may enjoy. The customer may also include their own suggestions for events between restaurants, bars, musicians and chefs, either at a categorical level (such as suggesting a sushi chef for a French restaurant) or at an individual level (such as suggesting their favorite celebrity chef or band for their favorite local restaurant or bar). 
         [0032]    The users can continuously update their profiles, which may then result in new recommended matches. The restaurant, bar, chef, musician and customer profiles will also be updated continuously to track their participation in events, which can be used to generate new rankings and reviews of the dining event and as a rewards system for frequent users. 
         [0033]    In addition to the users&#39; own profiles, the system may produce a profile for each restaurant, bar, chef, musician or customer based on its own criteria and information. More specifically, the system may incorporate reviews and assessments of the participating chefs, musicians, bars and restaurants to ensure that they possess the skills, experience and capabilities advertised on their profiles. This internal profile information may be incorporated into the participants&#39; reviews, or be reflected with a special certification that will help the participant obtain a better match for an event. 
         [0034]    Another aspect of the profile for each participant is a membership level, which may be offered to each type of participant based on a level of experience or for a price. For example, a highly rated restaurant, bar, musician, or chef may be provided a complimentary membership, while a new restaurant or novice chef or musician may need to pay to join and participate. For all participants, a level of membership will provide varying levels of rights and privileges. Higher level restaurants, bars, musicians and chefs may receive exclusive match recommendations with other high level members, and correspondingly, high level customers may receive exclusive opportunities to attend dining events with the high level restaurants, bars, musicians, and chefs. If the membership level is based on experience or ratings, the membership level may change depending on the ratings and reviews or amount of participation in events. 
         [0035]    II. Matching 
         [0036]    Once the restaurant, bar, chef, musician, and customer profiles are created, the system uses the information in the profiles to create recommendations for matches, using basic matching techniques and complex comparative algorithms to identify similarities between individual and varying categories. Each recommended match can also include a ranking or score for the match that indicates a predicted level of success for the match, based on a number of similar categories or the strength of a match in a few key categories that may be weighted to have more influence on the recommended matches (such as geographic location) The ranking or score may be utilized by the system to only produce results above a certain score, or by an individual restaurant, bar, chef, musician or customer to use as a custom threshold for selecting a match. The ranking or score may be published along with the event to advertise the desirability of the event. 
         [0037]    Each of the categories of the profiles that are evaluated may be given a weight that corresponds to a perceived value of that category. As mentioned above, location may have a high weight value because of the difficulty of arranging for a matched chef or customer to travel to a different location for a dining event. Additional weights may be based on the credibility or reputation of a chef, musician, bar or restaurant, so that a highly-rated chef and/or musician who requests an event at a highly-rated bar or restaurant is given a large weight value, while a novice or inexperienced chef and/or musician requesting a highly-rated bar or restaurant is given a low weight value. 
         [0038]    In one embodiment, the recommended matches may be based on availability of one or more of the participants. For example, if a chef inputs into their calendar profile that they will be traveling to a particular city on a particular date, the system may utilize this information to suggest new recommended matches for restaurants in that city that the chef may be interested in. Customers may also receive similar calendar and location-based suggestions. Restaurants may also receive location-based suggestions for traveling chefs or even traveling restaurants, such as a food truck. 
         [0039]    Similarly, if a musician inputs into their calendar profile that they will be traveling to a particular city on a particular date, the system may utilize this information to suggest new recommended matches for bars and/or restaurants in that city that the musician may be interested in. 
         [0040]    Once recommended matches are generated, the participants are notified and given information about the match or matches. If multiple matches are recommended, the participants may be given a list in order of a determined score or ranking and details of how the ranking or score was calculated so the participants can determine on their own if the ranking or score is reflective of a good match. 
         [0041]    Regardless of whether the availability and calendar information is used to select a recommended match, the next step in selecting a recommended match is using a calendar interface to determine a date for a dining event to take place. If either the chef, musician, bar, or restaurant previously selected a specific date and the other party accepted, the event can be immediately scheduled. Otherwise, the participants will utilize the user interface to select and agree upon a certain date. The calendar interface will provide for the musician, chef, bar, or restaurant to select dates or date and time ranges when they are interested in participating, not available, open or booked, including recurring availabilities. Additional options include suggesting a type of cuisine desired for a certain night, and/or a music genre. The user may change the status of any one day or time slot, but may need to confirm the change if it requires the restaurant and/or bar to cancel reservations. When a request is sent from one party to another, a notification is provided to the receiving party of the request. 
         [0042]    When a match is agreed upon by a restaurant and a chef, a dining event is created, and the system will look for customer matches for that particular dining event. The customer matches may be based simply on a location of the dining event in comparison with the location of the customers, but can of course also be based on matches with the detailed customer profile information, such as the customer&#39;s favorite chefs, restaurants, cuisine, price range, etc. As mentioned above, the membership level of the customer may also be utilized to offer certain type of matches to certain levels of members. 
         [0043]    When a match is agreed upon by a bar or restaurant and a musician, an event is created, and the system will look for customer matches for that particular event. The customer matches may be based simply on a location of the event in comparison with the location of the customers, but can of course also be based on matches with the detailed customer profile information, such as the customer&#39;s favorite musicians, restaurants, cuisine, music genre, price range, etc. As mentioned above, the membership level of the customer may also be utilized to offer certain type of matches to certain levels of members. 
         [0044]    III. Event Planning 
         [0045]    When a dining event is agreed upon by a restaurant and a chef, the system provides additional tools to plan the event. These tools may include a menu generator tool which helps the chef prepare a menu for the dining event. A graphical user interface (GUI) may be provided with a list of ingredients, nutritional values, portions, restaurant equipment, staff experience, seating capacity, desired price points, and revenue. The chef may even be able to book equipment and tools so the staff of the restaurant knows what needs to be done in preparation for the dining event. 
         [0046]    When a music event is agreed upon by a restaurant or bar and a musician and/or chef, the system provides additional tools to plan the event. These tools may include a list of required equipment, staff experience, seating capacity, desired price points, and revenue. 
         [0047]    On the bar and restaurant side, the bar or restaurant may be provided with a list of needed ingredients, staff and other needed items that will help the bar or restaurant identify what is needed for the event. The list may be integrated with the restaurant&#39;s existing supply chain software to automatically upload the information to vendors and suppliers in preparation for the event. 
         [0048]    In one embodiment, the system includes a communication tool that allows the participants in the dining event to easily communicate with each other for planning and marketing of the event. This includes direct communication and sharing of contact information between the chef and restaurant, as well as marketing messages that can be sent out to potential customers to invite them to the event or allow them to book reservations, buy tickets, review the event, etc. The system may provide the chef and restaurant with marketing materials and information to post to social media and other profiles to promote the event internally within the system and externally to third party sites. 
         [0049]    Similarly, the system includes a communication tool that allows the participants in an event to easily communicate with each other for planning and marketing of the event. This includes direct communication and sharing of contact information between the musician and bar, as well as marketing messages that can be sent out to potential customers to invite them to the event or allow them to book reservations, buy tickets, review the event, etc. The system may provide the musician and restaurant with marketing materials and information to post to social media and other profiles to promote the event internally within the system and externally to third party sites. 
         [0050]    IV. Test Kitchen 
         [0051]    In one embodiment, a restaurant may deem itself a dining event test kitchen, where the restaurant continuously provides only matched dining events. The restaurant may be given a specialized title and category within the system to indicate its special status, and could be given the same name across different locations to create a brand that helps to tie the test kitchen matching concept into a particular name. 
         [0052]    In another embodiment, the “test kitchen” title may refer to a special type of dining event where a novice chef without a significant amount of experience or reviews may be invited to participate. The novice chef may be invited along with other novice chefs or experienced chefs to participate in a competition amongst the customers to determine which chef prepared the best menu or menu items. These results may be incorporated into the chef and restaurant profile. 
         [0053]    V. Reviews and Rankings 
         [0054]    As previously mentioned, existing rankings and reviews of musician, chefs, bars and restaurants, such as those from third party services, may be utilized in the profiles of the participants. In addition, the participants can generate reviews and rankings within the system that are utilized to influence future matches and determine certain membership privileges for participants. For example, a restaurant or chef which hosts or participates in a certain number of dining events and which receives a certain number of positive reviews may achieve a special review or membership status, which will then allow the participant to obtain preferred matches with other preferred members. Similarly, customers may also obtain special membership levels based on the number of events they participate in, and then receive special invitations to exclusive events or advanced notifications of certain events, greater influence over suggested matches, etc. 
         [0055]    VI. User Applications 
         [0056]    Various examples of the matching system and its application to restaurants, bars, musicians, chefs and customers are described in the tables below. The examples describe additional features and user interfaces available that implement the matching, scheduling, event planning and reviewing described above. 
         [0000]    
       
         
               
             
               
               
               
             
               
             
               
               
               
             
               
             
               
               
               
             
           
               
                   
               
             
             
               
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                 Register for 
                 I can start 
                 Enter my e-mail, address, social security number and 
               
               
                 an account 
                 booking gigs 
                 documentation necessary for tax and payment information. 
               
               
                   
                 with bars 
                 Enter my credentials, upload a picture, upload a resume, 
               
               
                   
                 and/or 
                 LinkedIn profile, Facebook page, etc. so this information can  
               
               
                   
                 restaurants 
                 be used to present profiles to patrons and restaurants. 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Add a link to my website. Provide references from school, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 restaurants, bars, previous accomplishments, etc. Chef and 
               
               
                   
                   
                 musician accounts may have to be verified. 
               
               
                 Upload my 
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                 musicians and/or chefs can select dates or date ranges from a 
               
               
                 availability 
                 restaurants 
                 calendar in order to mark the dates as “Interested”, “Not 
               
               
                 to my 
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                 available”, “open” or “booked” 
               
               
                 account 
                 me for 
                 access calendar from “badges/notifications” so that the 
               
               
                   
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                 musician and/or chef can see on the calendar a date when he  
               
               
                   
                   
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                 User can change status of any day, unless it is marked as 
               
               
                   
                   
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                 with bar, restaurant, musician and patrons (i.e. cancellation 
               
               
                   
                   
                 policy) 
               
               
                 Open 
                 I can book a 
                 access my calendar from the alerts tab. If I am responding to 
               
               
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                 night based 
                 an invite, it should already prompt me with information about 
               
               
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                 the event matching process. 
               
               
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                 have access to the same style map search as patrons, only that 
               
               
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                 night 
                 this view allows the person to see different “types” of results, 
               
               
                 near me 
                 requests  
                 there will be events, musicians, chefs, bars and restaurants. 
               
               
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                 to them. 
                 Chefs and/or musicians can see bars and restaurants in their 
               
               
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                 search result, using the maps features, they can zoom out and 
               
               
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                 results will pop up as the map changes size or position. The 
               
               
                 Party 
                   
                 results can be color coded to show the status/availability of the 
               
               
                   
                   
                 restaurant and maybe the type of cuisine. 
               
               
                   
                   
                 clicking/hovering over a search result could show the 
               
               
                   
                   
                 “business card” of a bar or restaurant so that the musician or 
               
               
                   
                   
                 chef can see reviews, number of events hosted and contact the 
               
               
                   
                   
                 restaurant via Facebook, e-mail, telephone, etc. 
               
               
                   
                   
                 the musician and/or chef can send a night request from a 
               
               
                   
                   
                 calendar accessed from the bar and restaurant results. 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (Someday a musician or chef, maybe only elite musicians or 
               
               
                   
                   
                 chefs, can send requests to bars or restaurants on nights not 
               
               
                   
                   
                 marked as “available”. e.g. Chef Ramsay is in LA in such and 
               
               
                   
                   
                 such date.) Initially musicians and/or chefs will be able to see  
               
               
                   
                   
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                 I can register pertinent tax information required for any tax 
               
               
                   
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                 This could later link to sites such as Pinterest and other 
               
               
                   
                   
                 “foodie/picture/music” sites like Instagram and iTunes to name 
               
               
                   
                   
                 a few . . . Users could use this as a forum to share experiences 
               
               
                   
                   
                 about the music, dishes, drinks and menus. The musician and/ 
               
               
                   
                   
                 or chef can then comment on reviews by user&#39;s pictures  
               
               
                   
                   
                 of a menu item, video or audio of the event and post his/her  
               
               
                   
                   
                 own pictures and other media from the event. From these  
               
               
                   
                   
                 type of results, etc. patrons can “like” a chef&#39;s Facebook  
               
               
                   
                   
                 profile, follow him/her on twitter, etc. 
               
               
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                 once bars, restaurants, musicians and chefs have completed a 
               
               
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                 reminded  
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                 of my 
                 lets each user know how far the other user is in meeting the 
               
               
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                 requirements. The chef can upload a draft menu and the 
               
               
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                 restaurant can approve the menu. Each time changing the 
               
               
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                 Once the confirmed event is created, the musician and/or chef 
               
               
                   
                   
                 will get an e-mail asking him as a calendar invite with all of the 
               
               
                   
                   
                 confirmation details needed to be a useful e-mail. If the 
               
               
                   
                   
                 musician and/or chef is the one that submits the “ready for 
               
               
                   
                   
                 confirmation” first, then he gets an option on screen like with 
               
               
                   
                   
                 “GoToMeeting” to add the event to my outlook, google 
               
               
                   
                   
                 calendar or forward the invite to a certain e-mail. 
               
               
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                 my friends 
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                 can  
                 foursquare, etc. many if not all social sites have links and APIs 
               
               
                 activity to 
                 know the 
                 for this. We will need it in order for invites to go out to my 
               
               
                 social media 
                 event I&#39;m 
                 friends, etc. certain features in the software will have to be 
               
               
                 (i.e. 
                 hosting 
                 enabled only if social media is linked, others to mobile phone, 
               
               
                 Facebook, 
                   
                 others to e-mail . . . etc. 
               
               
                 twitter, etc.) 
                   
                   
               
               
                 Send a 
                 I can let a 
                 Musicians and/or chefs can, depending on their user level, 
               
               
                 request to a 
                 bar or 
                 send invites to bars or restaurants. Bars or restaurants (as seen 
               
               
                 bar or 
                 restaurant 
                 below) can filter the type of invites they are willing to receive. 
               
               
                 restaurant 
                 know that I 
                   
               
               
                 for a night 
                 would like to 
                   
               
               
                   
                 perform on a 
                   
               
               
                   
                 certain night. 
                   
               
               
                 See a bar or 
                 I can decide 
                 When reviewing a bar or restaurant&#39;s “business card” a 
               
               
                 restaurant&#39;s 
                 if it&#39;s an 
                 musician and/or chef can see the tools, kitchen staff (like their 
               
               
                 kitchen 
                 establishment  
                 profiles either here or in social media), equipment, stage, etc. 
               
               
                 expertise 
                 I want to 
                 this helps the app tell the whole story. 
               
               
                 and tools 
                 pair up with. 
                   
               
               
                 See if a bar 
                 I can decide 
                 based on outcomes of our algorithm, the musician and/or chef 
               
               
                 or 
                 based on 
                 can see if a certain bar or restaurant is recommended for my 
               
               
                 restaurant 
                 inventory, 
                 cuisine style, preferences, experience, etc. 
               
               
                 is rec- 
                 kitchen staff, 
                   
               
               
                 ommended  
                 ratings, etc. 
                   
               
               
                 for 
                 my if the 
                   
               
               
                 skills 
                 establishment  
                   
               
               
                   
                 is a place I 
                   
               
               
                   
                 would like to 
                   
               
               
                   
                 perform. 
                   
               
               
                 As a Chef, I 
                 I can share 
                 my higher-level account can give me access to menu planners, 
               
               
                 would like 
                 them with 
                 these can help the chef decide on price per dish, tool can help 
               
               
                 to create 
                 bars and 
                 provide insight as to how much profit the chef and/or 
               
               
                 my menus 
                 restaurants 
                 restaurant can make. 
               
               
                 on the  
                   
                 the chef uses the tool to track his menus, the ingredients, the 
               
               
                 cloud 
                   
                 prices, he could eventually link our app to others that help  
               
               
                   
                   
                 chefs plan and document menus, such as whole pantry, cook, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 allrecipes, epicurious, etc. 
               
               
                   
                   
                 later, chefs could request someone to create content through 
               
               
                   
                   
                 our website (e.g. place a menu in a pretty format for a hosted 
               
               
                   
                   
                 wedding.) 
               
               
                 Have access 
                 I can review 
                 the graphical menu planner is beautiful, deep rich imagery of 
               
               
                 to my old 
                 old menus 
                 fresh organic beets, fennel, garlic, cutting boards . . . and the 
               
               
                 menus 
                 I&#39;ve designed 
                 recipe book is indexed and searchable. Menus can be merged 
               
               
                   
                   
                 together by replacing appetizers, entrees, desert, sorbet . . .  
               
               
                   
                   
                 you name it. Or take individual dishes from a selection, or  
               
               
                   
                   
                 edit an individual dish . . . levels deep edit small,  
               
               
                   
                   
                 edit big and categorize MY menus!  
               
               
                   
                   
                 MY recipes . . . my social media on food!!! 
               
               
                 Get an 
                 I can get an 
                 My menu editor can tap into local price of produce and 
               
               
                 estimate of 
                 indication if 
                 ingredients, this way, when designing a menu the chef  
               
               
                 cost per 
                 the menu is 
                 can learn to be a businessman. 
               
               
                 person from 
                 right for the 
                   
               
               
                 my menu 
                 venue I&#39;ve 
                   
               
               
                   
                 chosen. 
                   
               
               
                 Com-  
                 I can be in 
                 once a pairing is initiated and the bar or restaurant and I are 
               
               
                 municate 
                 contact with 
                 walking through the steps of invite/accept invite, menus 
               
               
                 with a 
                 the bar or 
                 exchange, menu review, menu edited, menu agreed upon, 
               
               
                 bar or 
                 restaurant 
                 seating arrangement settings defined, then the event is 
               
               
                 restaurant 
                 regarding 
                 confirmed and appears in search for patrons, gets sent as alert 
               
               
                 regarding an 
                 our planned 
                 for followers of the chef, followers of the restaurant get  
               
               
                 engagement 
                 event. 
                 notified as well. 
               
               
                 Com-  
                 I can 
                 The musician and/or chef may communicate to the patrons by 
               
               
                 municate 
                 communicate  
                 posting on the “comments thread” of the event. My 
               
               
                 with 
                 my 
                 communications will be badged in a different color so people 
               
               
                 reserved 
                 ambiance 
                 looking at a thread may identify a post by a musician and/or 
               
               
                 patrons 
                 and feelings 
                 chef, the restaurant, or other patrons. 
               
               
                   
                 regarding 
                   
               
               
                   
                 the event. 
                   
               
               
                 Review a 
                 I can provide 
                 As part of the event review from the musician and/or chef&#39;s 
               
               
                 bar or 
                 feedback 
                 perspective the musician and/or chef can score the cleanliness 
               
               
                 restaurant&#39;s 
                 based on a 
                 and conditions of the equipment in the restaurant, the 
               
               
                 equipment 
                 bar or 
                 collaboration of the bar or restaurant staff, ambiance, etc. 
               
               
                   
                 restaurant&#39;s 
                   
               
               
                   
                 equipment 
                   
               
               
                   
                 for other 
                   
               
               
                   
                 musicians or 
                   
               
               
                   
                 chefs. 
                   
               
               
                 Review a 
                 I can provide 
                 As part of the event review from the musician and chef&#39;s 
               
               
                 bar or 
                 feedback to 
                 perspective the musician and/or chef can score the  
               
               
                 restaurant&#39;s 
                 other chefs 
                 friendliness, skill, etc. for the staff working in the bar or  
               
               
                 staff 
                 and/or 
                 restaurant. 
               
               
                   
                 musicians 
                   
               
               
                   
                 about a 
                   
               
               
                   
                 restaurant&#39;s 
                   
               
               
                   
                 support 
                   
               
               
                   
                 during my 
                   
               
               
                   
                 event. 
               
               
                   
               
             
          
           
               
                 As a Patron 
               
             
          
           
               
                 I want to . . . 
                 So that . . . 
                   
               
               
                 &lt;what&gt; 
                 &lt;why&gt; 
                 It is expected that . . . &lt;acceptance criteria&gt; 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Register for 
                 I can access 
                 I should be able to provide a payment profile, like PayPal . . .  
               
               
                 an account 
                 the system 
                 I can add my e-mail, telephone number, availability  
               
               
                   
                   
                 for texts, e-mail offers, contact through social media, etc. my  
               
               
                   
                   
                 profile can be expanded, I can choose to login with Facebook,  
               
               
                   
                   
                 google+ or just through the main website. I can link to my  
               
               
                   
                   
                 Pinterest account, to my Facebook, to my Instagram so that  
               
               
                   
                   
                 pictures that I upload can be posted as part of my review.  
               
               
                   
                   
                 The pictures and comments on reviews can be marked as  
               
               
                   
                   
                 inappropriate by any class of reviewer in which case the  
               
               
                   
                   
                 system administrators will review it and settle the dispute. 
               
               
                 Search for 
                 I can decide 
                 The patron map is the most filtered but richest result map. 
               
               
                 events near 
                 if events 
                 Patrons can also choose to see bars and/or restaurants that 
               
               
                 me 
                 meet my 
                 have been or are part of ThreeToParty so they can access 
               
               
                   
                 needs 
                 review of past events and basically just browse for new joints  
               
               
                   
                   
                 to try out (even in regular days wouldn&#39;t you want to, as a 
               
               
                   
                   
                 restaurant, appeal to patrons on nights you are NOT hosting a 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ThreeToParty?) 
               
               
                   
                   
                 patrons can also choose to see events differently, by filtering 
               
               
                   
                   
                 cuisine types, date ranges, price ranges, selected chefs, from 
               
               
                   
                   
                 favorite chefs, in favorite restaurants, etc. the search for events 
               
               
                   
                   
                 could be very dynamic maybe you find the absolute perfect 
               
               
                   
                   
                 date you are looking for three months from now, rather than 
               
               
                   
                   
                 the maybe (lame to you) event one week from now 
               
               
                 Cater my 
                 I can request 
                 Plan an amazing wedding, go on website as a patron and search 
               
               
                 pre-paid 
                 musicians, 
                 for restaurants, breweries, bars, musicians, bands and chefs 
               
               
                 event 
                 chefs, bars 
                 that would cater and/or play at my wedding or other special 
               
               
                   
                 and 
                 event, create one for my friends, etc.. 
               
               
                   
                 restaurants 
                   
               
               
                   
                 to cater my 
                   
               
               
                   
                 event. 
                   
               
               
                 Pay for my 
                 I can secure 
                 I want to have a means to prove I&#39;ve paid for the event. 
               
               
                 reservation 
                 my place for 
                 Electronic tickets, linked to the bar and/or restaurant POS 
               
               
                   
                 the event 
                 system, etc. 
               
               
                 Cancel my 
                 I can receive 
                 cancelations may occur if a restaurant doesn&#39;t meet my dietary 
               
               
                 reservation 
                 a refund in 
                 needs request, they might also be canceled three weeks before 
               
               
                   
                 case my 
                 an event with minimal fees, up to one week before with a larger 
               
               
                   
                 plans change 
                 fee and the night before a full forfeit. The bar and/or restaurant 
               
               
                   
                   
                 may choose to serve walk-ins that are hoping for the one 
               
               
                   
                   
                 cancelation from the night before. If this becomes a thing, we 
               
               
                   
                   
                 need to help it become a thing. 
               
               
                 Have access 
                 I can decide 
                 My search for reviews when seeing a bar, restaurant&#39;s, 
               
               
                 to bar and 
                 if the venue 
                 musicians and/or chef&#39;s business cards will show me the 
               
               
                 restaurant 
                 is one I want 
                 compiled averages for the chef or restaurant. As a patron 
               
               
                 reviews 
                 to visit 
                 however, I can see or ask to see to read reviews of a certain 
               
               
                   
                   
                 chef/restaurant pairing, if one has occurred in the past it may 
               
               
                   
                   
                 show up as a golden review or something. From the business 
               
               
                   
                   
                 card, the patron can see all events held at a restaurant, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 regardless of the chef. The chef will showcase all events  
               
               
                   
                   
                 he/she has cooked at. 
               
               
                 Have access 
                 I can decide 
                 As a patron, I can&#39;t search for musicians or chefs on the map, 
               
               
                 to musician 
                 if the chef is  
                 unless they assign themselves to a place of business. I can filter 
               
               
                 and/or chef 
                 someone 
                 I through city level so that I can see which musicians and/ 
               
               
                 reviews 
                 want to try 
                 or chefs are willing to operate in San Diego, for example.  
               
               
                   
                 or the music 
                 Also, I can choose to see musicians and/or chefs from a  
               
               
                   
                 is something 
                 certain city or specific musicians andh/or chefs that I can  
               
               
                   
                 I want to 
                 search for presenting events in other geographical areas (if I&#39;m  
               
               
                   
                 listen to. 
                 traveling). The patron can access reviews then from the results  
               
               
                   
                   
                 of the musician and/or chef search. can mark comments  
               
               
                   
                   
                 as inappropriate that will trigger review. 
               
               
                 Review and 
                 I can provide 
                 I will have to access to my past reservations. For future 
               
               
                 event I&#39;ve 
                 my feedback 
                 reservations I can cancel or communicate to the bar and/or 
               
               
                 attended 
                 about the 
                 restaurant. For events I&#39;ve attended, like the e-bay method for 
               
               
                   
                 experience 
                 bars or restaurants. Chefs, and/or also as a patron I will be 
               
               
                   
                   
                 marked on whether I provided feedback or not (i.e. everyone 
               
               
                   
                   
                 wants to be the king of the reviewers not a bad patron, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 competitions on coolest pictures, etc.). Patrons that provide 
               
               
                   
                   
                 feedback get brownie points and get increased karma for 
               
               
                   
                   
                 helping the ThreeToParty network with comments and reviews. 
               
               
                   
                   
                 “future” feedback is not really feedback, its writing on the 
               
               
                   
                   
                 event page of the bar or restaurant, musician and/or chef 
               
               
                   
                   
                 match. In this case, the patrons can communicate, a little like a 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Facebook or 9gag comments thread. Anyone else reviewing 
               
               
                   
                   
                 comments on this page, can mark them as inappropriate, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 triggering actions for review. Bars and restaurants can 
               
               
                   
                   
                 incentivize patrons, for example, by communicating that there 
               
               
                   
                   
                 still are 20 seats to fill and that they&#39;ll provide live music if  
               
               
                   
                   
                 you get your contacts to fill the chairs, provide perks, like  
               
               
                   
                   
                 free drinks, etc. 
               
               
                 Get alerted 
                 I can choose 
                 In my user profile I can provide my communication 
               
               
                 when an 
                 to attend the 
                 preferences, I must provide a minimum contact information in 
               
               
                 event is 
                 event. 
                 order to reserve. I must be able to communicate with the host 
               
               
                 createdin 
                   
                 bar or restaurant. In order to send dietary requests, and cancel 
               
               
                 my area 
                   
                 with fewer penalties, then you should communicate via our 
               
               
                 (e.g. 
                   
                 messenger, so that the restaurant can get communicated if a 
               
               
                 badges/ 
                   
                 certain customer has a certain type of question. 
               
               
                 e-mails) 
                   
                 With this contact information, the website can send 
               
               
                   
                   
                 communication to the patron. If they use our messenger and 
               
               
                   
                   
                 use the badges as reminders to take action then we incentivize 
               
               
                   
                   
                 as seen above. 
               
               
                 Follow  
                 I can get 
                 I can follow a musician and/or chef on Facebook or other sites, 
               
               
                 chefs 
                 updates 
                 again, Pinterest, Instagram, and other foodie sites that may 
               
               
                 on social 
                 from my 
                 have APIs available. Same goes for Facebook to our website. 
               
               
                 media 
                 favorite 
                 Friends can like a certain restaurant from their Facebook page. 
               
               
                   
                 chefs 
                   
               
               
                 Follow 
                 I can get 
                 Same goes for bars and restaurants. From a search result, I can 
               
               
                 restaurants 
                 updates 
                 access the bar or restaurant&#39;s website, and I can book a table on 
               
               
                 on social 
                 from bars or 
                 independently with the bar or restaurant if the event is NOT a 
               
               
                 media. 
                 restaurants 
                 ThreeToParty exclusive event. 
               
               
                 Search for 
                 I can review 
                 when looking for an event based on a certain cuisine I as a 
               
               
                 events by 
                 my options 
                 patron can request that the bar or restaurant, the chef or the 
               
               
                 cuisine 
                 regarding 
                 combination fall within my parameters of cuisine types.  
               
               
                   
                 many cuisine 
                 Imagine a patron actually wants to experience a “what&#39;s the  
               
               
                   
                 types 
                 worse than can happen . . . ” pairing. The patron actually  
               
               
                   
                   
                 WANTS to experience the Italian sushi. Other more  
               
               
                   
                   
                 traditionally awesome pairings can also get a following.              
               
               
                 Search by 
                 I can tailor 
                 Certain events can be booked as prix fixe menu, small 
               
               
                 events by 
                 my 
                 appetizer menu, etc. the bar and restaurant, musician and chef 
               
               
                 price range 
                 experience 
                 can come up with the price per seat. Eventually, the dust will 
               
               
                   
                 to my 
                 settle, and the more popular experience will be the most often 
               
               
                   
                 current 
                 searched for and paid for reservation type. 
               
               
                   
                 budget 
                   
               
               
                 Watch an 
                 I can decide 
                 as a patron, when I log into the website, I can access very cool 
               
               
                 event (add 
                 later if I plan 
                 features, that allow me to schedule ahead, learn more, 
               
               
                 it to a view 
                 on attending 
                 download menus, see a band&#39;s music on the web, etc. 
               
               
                 list without 
                 the event 
                 additional features that you cannot use if your browsing the site 
               
               
                 purchasing) 
                   
                 as a guest. Non-paying guests of the website will get searching 
               
               
                   
                   
                 capability but with substantially less features, no discounts, etc. 
               
               
                   
                   
                 In this particular case, we are talking about adding an event  
               
               
                   
                   
                 to a “watch list” I cannot do this if I&#39;m a guest of the website. 
               
               
                 Know  
                 I can 
                 my profile as a patron of the website is to see my history, gain 
               
               
                 which 
                 remember 
                 karma points on reviews, get birthday prizes, obtain discounts 
               
               
                 bars and 
                 my 
                 on amount of visits, free wine on certain nights, etc. 
               
               
                 restaurants 
                 experiences 
                   
               
               
                 I&#39;ve been to 
                 and read my 
                   
               
               
                 before 
                 reviews from 
                   
               
               
                   
                 that event. 
                   
               
               
                 Know which 
                 I can 
                 see the list of events I&#39;ve been to, filtered by independent 
               
               
                 chefs I&#39;ve 
                 remember 
                 chefs, so I can see if I gave the chef high star count or low star 
               
               
                 experienced 
                 my 
                 count. 
               
               
                   
                 experience 
                   
               
               
                   
                 about the 
                   
               
               
                   
                 food 
                   
               
               
                 Earn 
                 I can get 
                 You can only earn rewards if you have an account with 
               
               
                 rewards 
                 rewards such 
                 ThreeToPartyThreeToParty. The more you use the system, the 
               
               
                 based on  
                 as discounts 
                 more reviews you provide about musicians, chefs, bars, and 
               
               
                 my use of 
                 codes. 
                 restaurants. The more complete your surveys, the more points 
               
               
                 the product 
                   
                 you get. You then get higher level membership by either  
               
               
                   
                   
                 paying a bigger fee or earning it “like airline miles” 
               
               
                 Get alerted 
                 I can choose 
                 as well, a paying patron can like and follow musicians and/or 
               
               
                 when my 
                 to reserve 
                 chefs, he/she can track or get alerted when a certain chef is in 
               
               
                 favorite 
                 that night for 
                 town. Basically the more you pay for your patron account, the 
               
               
                 musician 
                 an event, 
                 earlier you know if Chef Ramsey is cooking in your city. 
               
               
                 and/or chef 
                   
                   
               
               
                 is in town 
                   
                   
               
               
                 Get alerted 
                 I can choose 
                 a paying patron can like and follow bars, he/she can track or 
               
               
                 when my 
                 to reserve 
                 get alerted when a certain restaurant has created an event. 
               
               
                 favorite bar 
                 that night for 
                 Basically the higher your patron account status, the earlier  
               
               
                 or 
                 dinner, 
                 you know if “The French Laundry” is hosting, for example. 
               
               
                 restaurant 
                   
                   
               
               
                 is hosting 
                   
                   
               
               
                 Post my 
                 My friends 
                 as a patron I can log into ThreeToParty with my Facebook 
               
               
                 activity to 
                 can know the 
                 profile, this way when I like something in my reviews, I can 
               
               
                 Facebook 
                 event I&#39;m 
                 automatically check in at an event, if I have the mobile app 
               
               
                   
                 attending. 
                 version of the website, the GPS can tell me whether I&#39;m  
               
               
                   
                   
                 near a last minute opening. 
               
               
                   
               
             
          
           
               
                 As a Venue (i.e. Bar or Restaurant) 
               
             
          
           
               
                 I want to . . .  
                 So that . . .  
                   
               
               
                 &lt;what&gt; 
                 &lt;why&gt; 
                 It is expected that . . . &lt;acceptance criteria&gt; 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Upload 
                 Musicians 
                 as a restaurant, I can mark certain dates as “not open for 
               
               
                 available 
                 and/or chefs 
                 invites”, “dates available”, “chef invited”, “musician invited”, 
               
               
                 dates at my 
                 can contact 
                 “invite open”. Musician and/or Chef invited means that, from 
               
               
                 estab- 
                 me for 
                 the calendar, the restaurant sent an invitation to a musician 
               
               
                 lishment 
                 booking 
                 and/or chef to participate in an event. Invite open means that a 
               
               
                   
                   
                 musician and/or chef can send an invite to connect and the 
               
               
                   
                   
                 restaurant will consider the invite, at this point, the restaurant 
               
               
                   
                   
                 can set defaults on a day or range of dates marked invite open, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 so that they can choose the musicians and/or chef or chefs of 
               
               
                   
                   
                 choice for certain dates, they can also block out a certain 
               
               
                   
                   
                 cuisine, music genre, etc. that can be seen by musicians and 
               
               
                   
                   
                 chefs as a requirement to invite the restaurant on such date. It 
               
               
                   
                   
                 makes an effective negotiation tool. 
               
               
                 Send invites 
                 I can let a 
                 Bar or Restaurant can search for a musician and/or chef(s) 
               
               
                 to musicians 
                 musician 
                 based on certain criteria. They can choose to search/filter by 
               
               
                 and/or 
                 and/or chef 
                 availability dates, but they can also just choose to see all 
               
               
                 chefs for an 
                 know that I 
                 musicians and/or chefs, this allows the bar or restaurant to 
               
               
                 event 
                 would like to 
                 invite the musician and/or chef on a date not marked as 
               
               
                   
                 book 
                 “unavailable” by the chef. Restaurants may not send invites to 
               
               
                   
                 him/her for a 
                 chefs that have blocked invitations, this would allow chef  
               
               
                   
                 certain date 
                 Mario Batali, for example, who would honor any restaurant, to  
               
               
                   
                   
                 decide where to cook. Chef Batali however can elect to allow  
               
               
                   
                   
                 certain restaurants to invite, as friendly restaurants, etc. 
               
               
                   
                   
                 as mentioned in the musician and chef section, the bar and 
               
               
                   
                   
                 restaurant page will have like an e-bay type interface that 
               
               
                   
                   
                 allows the musicians, chef and restaurants know when a certain 
               
               
                   
                   
                 task is complete. Events need to be confirmed, we can track 
               
               
                   
                   
                 analytics of how long a certain chef take on average to 
               
               
                   
                   
                 complete certain steps. Bars and Restaurants that have a high 
               
               
                   
                   
                 level membership can see a musician and/or chef&#39;s 
               
               
                   
                   
                 performance measures, for reviews. Musicians and/or Chefs 
               
               
                   
                   
                 that don&#39;t want to provide this data can opt out. However, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 restaurants will know which chefs aren&#39;t afraid of showing  
               
               
                   
                   
                 their performance. Same goes for chefs that have  
               
               
                   
                   
                 an elite status with us. 
               
               
                 See chefs 
                 I can send 
                 same as with the results on bars and restaurants, when a 
               
               
                 near me 
                 event 
                 musician or chef searches, the bars and restaurants can see 
               
               
                 that are 
                 requests to 
                 musicians and chefs that have allowed their activity to be 
               
               
                 part of 
                 them. 
                 tracked, the chef will only be listed as willing to travel x miles 
               
               
                 ThreeTo 
                   
                 from a certain intersection or something so they can&#39;t be 
               
               
                 Party 
                   
                 located using our app (like HIPPAA does for de- 
               
               
                   
                   
                 identifying data) once I see the results from the musician  
               
               
                   
                   
                 or chef search I can open to see a musician  
               
               
                   
                   
                 and/or chef&#39;s profile and go to his availability calendar. 
               
               
                 See a 
                 I can decide 
                 Probably already has been covered, but when searching for a 
               
               
                 musician 
                 if he/she is a 
                 musician and/or chef, the business cards will be shown and can 
               
               
                 and/or 
                 musician or 
                 be expanded. The business card of the musician and/or chef  
               
               
                 chef&#39;s 
                 chef I want 
                 can contain reviews (the section of all event reviews that  
               
               
                 expertise, 
                 to try out. 
                 scores the chef, these are not optional) patron facing ratings are  
               
               
                 cuisine of 
                   
                 not optional for musicians, chefs, bars or restaurants. This  
               
               
                 choice, 
                   
                 app faces and is designed to cater to patrons, as they are the  
               
               
                 music 
                   
                 customers with the money and the observers of art. Chefs,  
               
               
                 genre, etc. 
                   
                 musicians, bars and restaurants and ThreeToParty . . .  
               
               
                   
                   
                 all are tools enabling this dream to come true. 
               
               
                   
                   
                 from this search, I can choose to mark a certain musician or 
               
               
                   
                   
                 chef as “accept invites from this chef” for example, a restaurant 
               
               
                   
                   
                 may accept invites from “Michelin star chefs” or a certain level 
               
               
                   
                   
                 of chef (e.g. level 1 or elite) in this case, chefs don&#39;t have a 
               
               
                   
                   
                 choice the restaurant provides the investment and the means 
               
               
                   
                   
                 for patrons to dine. The chef is being provided a forum and 
               
               
                   
                   
                 restaurants have the say on invites. 
               
               
                 Com-  
                 I can provide 
                 from my events page, I can go and track how many tables have 
               
               
                 municate 
                 updates 
                 been reserved, the configuration of the tables, my calculated 
               
               
                 with 
                 regarding 
                 profit and ROI with the current number of seats reserved, 
               
               
                 reserved 
                 their 
                 eventually show the statistics of how many people “liked” the 
               
               
                 patrons 
                 reservation. 
                 event on FB, how many people added as favorite but never 
               
               
                   
                   
                 reserved, how many people canceled. This data can and will  
               
               
                   
                   
                 be used as analytics . . . 
               
               
                   
                   
                 I can communicate with patrons that reserved. Maybe in a 
               
               
                   
                   
                 graphical format I can seat them so that my hostess for the 
               
               
                   
                   
                 evening will have a seating chart at her disposal. I can send an  
               
               
                   
                   
                 e-mail to a patron or the entire list of attendees. I can answer 
               
               
                   
                   
                 questions a certain patron may have. The patron will need to 
               
               
                   
                   
                 mark the communication as a request, general question, 
               
               
                   
                   
                 comment or dietary request. If the restaurant can&#39;t confirm the 
               
               
                   
                   
                 dietary request of the patron, the patron may choose to cancel 
               
               
                   
                   
                 the reservation with no penalty, or the restaurant may 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (probably never will) cancel the reservation of the patron for 
               
               
                   
                   
                 some given concern. (i.e. right to refuse service) 
               
               
                 Receive 
                 I can capture 
                 I can upload my PayPal account so that we can deposit money 
               
               
                 payment  
                 the revenue 
                 to the bar or restaurant. 
               
               
                 for 
                 from a 
                 I can register pertinent tax information required for any tax 
               
               
                 an event 
                 planned 
                 forms or reports we must make at the end of the year. 
               
               
                   
                 event 
                   
               
               
                 See events 
                 I can plan an 
                 The bar or restaurant has the ability of seeing the map as a 
               
               
                 near me 
                 event  
                 date patron sees it, as a musician or chef sees it or as intended  
               
               
                   
                 based on 
                 for a bar or restaurant. By showing events booked by date or 
               
               
                   
                 other 
                 musicians and/or chefs near me with a certain cuisine, music 
               
               
                   
                 existing 
                 genre, expertise and culinary experience. Or by showing other 
               
               
                   
                 events 
                 restaurants that are part of ThreeToParty, this allows a bar or 
               
               
                   
                   
                 restaurant to see if a competitor has blocked out a certain date 
               
               
                   
                   
                 and take advantage of hosting that night. Rather than a 
               
               
                   
                   
                 competitive tool this can be sold as a means to negotiate. 
               
               
                 Review a 
                 I can provide 
                 I have the ability of contributing to the review process of an 
               
               
                 musician or 
                 feedback 
                 event. Events that are reviewed by patrons, musicians, chefs 
               
               
                 chef&#39;s 
                 based on a 
                 bars and restaurants get color coded on the review section of 
               
               
                 performance  
                 musician 
                 the events. This allows people to know who has reviewed the 
               
               
                 at my 
                 and/or chef&#39;s 
                 event, pressuring everyone to provide feedback and reviews! 
               
               
                 estab- 
                 performance 
                   
               
               
                 lishment 
                 and 
                   
               
               
                   
                 contribute to 
                   
               
               
                   
                 his overall 
                   
               
               
                   
                 status. 
                   
               
               
                 I want my 
                 I can be 
                 As mentioned in the musician and chef section, either the bar 
               
               
                 confirmed 
                 reminded 
                 of or restaurant or the musician and/or chef may be the first one 
               
               
                 event added 
                 my 
                 to finish the event planning process. Bars and restaurants and 
               
               
                 to my 
                 upcoming 
                 musicians and/or chefs will be presented the wizard allowing  
               
               
                 calendar 
                 event 
                 us to expand functionality, for musicians, chefs, bars and 
               
               
                 (outlook, 
                   
                 restaurants, at a point in time, chefs and restaurants may only 
               
               
                 google,  
                   
                 want to deal with users that have higher level accounts. This is 
               
               
                 etc.) 
                   
                 because the tools presented to elite customers, makes the 
               
               
                   
                   
                 transaction easier. One example is the menu builder, the 
               
               
                   
                   
                 seating optimizer, the revenue planner, etc. tools that are 
               
               
                   
                   
                 meant as business productivity tools for the industry. 
               
               
                 Open 
                 I can book a 
                 a bar or restaurant may see invites from musicians and/or 
               
               
                 availability 
                 night based 
                 chefs that appear as part of the results 
               
               
                 on my 
                 on a request 
                   
               
               
                 calendar 
                 from a 
                   
               
               
                 based on a 
                 musician 
                   
               
               
                 musician 
                 and/or chef. 
                   
               
               
                 and/or 
                   
                   
               
               
                 chef&#39;s 
                   
                   
               
               
                 request 
                   
                   
               
               
                 See if a 
                 I can get help 
                 based on a chef&#39;s cuisine, expertise and other factors, the site 
               
               
                 musician 
                 deciding if 
                 can offer a suggestion if the musician, chef, bar and/or 
               
               
                 and/or chef 
                 we make a 
                 restaurant make a nice fit. Some bars and restaurants may opt  
               
               
                 is rec- 
                 good pair. 
                 for “going for it” by choosing musicians and/or chefs that fall  
               
               
                 ommended  
                   
                 on the “what the heck . . . what&#39;s the worst that can happen”  
               
               
                 for my 
                   
                 side of reality. Other bars and restaurants may prefer musicians  
               
               
                 estab- 
                   
                 and chefs that fall into the “made for each other” category.  
               
               
                 lishment. 
                   
                 In which case a safe, potentially brilliant combination is  
               
               
                   
                   
                 made. This scale tips both ways and there is no negative  
               
               
                   
                   
                 connotation to being an Asian chef in an Italian restaurant! 
               
               
                 Receive a 
                 I know what  
                 knowing the seating arrangements, waste (calculated by 
               
               
                 shopping 
                 to order for 
                 product type. i.e. there has to be more wasted lettuce than 
               
               
                 list based 
                 the 
                 beef.) the restaurant gets a shopping list, even a virtual one of 
               
               
                 on the 
                 scheduled 
                 things needed for the night. The people in the restaurant might 
               
               
                 proposed 
                 night. 
                 end up removing some items that are already in stock. 
               
               
                 menu from 
                   
                   
               
               
                 the chef 
                   
                   
               
               
                 List of 
                 I know what 
                 when designing a menu, the chef may select tools that are 
               
               
                 equipment, 
                 to plan for 
                 special and usually not played with (like nitrogen), then in the 
               
               
                 prep and 
                 and prep for 
                 menu submittal/review process the chef will receive 
               
               
                 staff 
                 a given night. 
                 confirmation of tool availability or alerted that a certain tool is 
               
               
                 needed 
                   
                 either unavailable or the restaurant doesn&#39;t own it (based on 
               
               
                 based on 
                   
                 inventory from restaurant “business card”) in this case,  
               
               
                 the menu. 
                   
                 the chef may edit the menu. Confirm that he/she can provide  
               
               
                   
                   
                 the tool or cancel the pairing request. 
               
               
                 Calculate 
                 I can plan for 
                 As seats are booked for a confirmed event, I can see the ROI 
               
               
                 my profit 
                 marketing 
                 based on purchases for menu, operation and staff costs, etc. I 
               
               
                 based on 
                 my event  
                 know whether I should print out some fliers, use Facebook to 
               
               
                 filled seats 
                 less or more 
                 promote myself, etc. elite level accounts for restaurants get this 
               
               
                   
                 using social 
                 automated service for free! The software will calculate a time  
               
               
                   
                 media. 
                 in which invites to people looking or send a discount to people 
               
               
                   
                   
                 that have “liked” the event but not booked a reservation. 
               
               
                   
               
             
          
         
       
     
         [0057]    VII. Multivariate Statistical Analysis 
         [0058]      FIG. 4  is a flow diagram illustrating an example process for multivariate statistical analysis that may be used in connection with various embodiments described herein. In an embodiment of the multivariate statistical analysis, data may be collected from one or more of the processes described herein and analyzed—potentially in conjunction with industry knowledge—to improve users&#39; experiences. For example, a users&#39; profile information, previous purchases, previous participations, events, venues, or talent that the user has indicated a propensity towards (e.g., by posting a “like” or other favorable review for the event, venue, talent, cuisine type of the talent, music genre of the talent, etc.), previous purchase patterns, other available purchase history (e.g., from third-party sources), and/or the like may be analyzed and used to improve the matching of talent and venues and/or events and potential patrons (e.g., in order to provide future event recommendations). Results may also be used to provide valuable industry insight by analyzing data as an aggregate (e.g., across multiple events, patrons, talent, and/or venues) and using the conclusions of that analysis to further improve future recommendations. 
         [0059]    As illustrated in  FIG. 4 , each venue device (e.g.,  102 B), talent device (e.g.,  102 C), and patron device (e.g.,  102 E) can communicate with a platform comprising user profile database  106  and a multivariate statistical analysis module  410 . Specifically, each device  102  may search user profile database  106  (e.g., search user profiles and/or metadata corresponding to user profiles). Recommendations  420 , based on user-defined searches and/or automated (e.g., periodic) analysis and matching, may be returned by multivariate statistical analysis module  410  to each of the devices  102 . For example, recommendations  420 A regarding one or more upcoming events which may be of interest to a patron may be provided to patron device  102 E, recommendations  420 B regarding one or more potential venues may be provided to talent device  102 C, and recommendations  420 C regarding potential talent may be provided to venue device  102 B. It should be understood that communications between the various devices  102  and the platform (e.g., user profile database  106  and multivariate statistical analysis module  410 ) may be performed over one or more networks (e.g., the Internet) using standard communication protocols. 
         [0060]    As an example analysis, multivariate statistical analysis module  410  may review a profile for a restaurant venue. The profile may include or reference a list of prior events, involving talent, that have occurred at the restaurant and a list or number of patrons who attended those events. Multivariate statistical analysis module  410  may review the list of prior events and attending patrons to determine characteristics of events that were successful (e.g., a large number of attending patrons, a large percentage of accepting patrons to invited patrons, a large profit, etc.) and characteristics of events that were unsuccessful or less successful (e.g., a low or lower number of attending patrons, a lower percentage of accepting patrons to invited patrons, less or no profit, etc.). From this, multivariate statistical analysis module  410  may determine a correlation between specific characteristics (e.g., cuisine type, music genre, specific menu item, time of event, etc.) and the success or lack of success of events at the particular venue. These correlations may then be used in the future to identify events which are more likely to be successful (e.g., having a cuisine type, music genre, specific menu item, or time of a previously successful event). Only events which have a likelihood of success (e.g., as indicated by the ranking or score discussed elsewhere herein) above a predetermined threshold may be recommended to the venue, or events may be ordered or otherwise prioritized (e.g., in search results) based on the determined likelihood of success. 
         [0061]    Similarly, multivariate statistical analysis module  410  may review a profile for a talent (e.g., chef or musician). The profile may include or reference a list of prior events, in which the talent participated, and a list or number of patrons who attended those events. Multivariate statistical analysis module  410  may review the list of prior events and attending patrons to determine characteristics of events that were successful (e.g., a large number of attending patrons, a large percentage of accepting patrons to invited patrons, a large profit, etc.) and characteristics of events that were unsuccessful or less successful (e.g., a low or lower number of attending patrons, a lower percentage of accepting patrons to invited patrons, less or no profit, etc.). From this, multivariate statistical analysis module  410  may determine a correlation between specific characteristics (e.g., cuisine type, music genre, specific menu item, time of event, etc.) and the success or lack of success of events for the particular talent. These correlations may then be used in the future to identify events which are more likely to be successful (e.g., having a cuisine type, music genre, specific menu item, or time of a previously successful event). Only events which have a likelihood of success (e.g., as indicated by the ranking or score discussed elsewhere herein) above a predetermined threshold may be recommended to the talent, or events may be ordered or otherwise prioritized (e.g., in search results) based on the determined likelihood of success. 
         [0062]    As another example, multivariate statistical analysis module  410  may review a profile for a potential patron. The profile may include or reference a list of prior events, in which the patron participated or to which the patron was invited. Multivariate statistical analysis module  410  may review the list of prior events to determine characteristics of events that were or were not of interest to the patron. From this, multivariate statistical analysis module  410  may determine a correlation between specific characteristics (e.g., cuisine type, music genre, specific menu item, time of event, location of event, venue of the event, talent involved, etc.) and the events to which the patron accepted and/or declined invitations. These correlations may then be used in the future to identify events in which the patron is more likely to be interested, and therefore, to which the patron is more likely to accept an invitation. Only events which have a likelihood of acceptance (e.g., as indicated by the ranking or score discussed elsewhere herein) above a predetermined threshold may be recommended to the patron, or events may be ordered or otherwise prioritized (e.g., in search results) based on the determined likelihood of acceptance. 
         [0063]    VIII. Computer-Enabled Embodiment 
         [0064]      FIG. 3  is a block diagram illustrating an example wired or wireless system  550  that may be used in connection with various embodiments described herein. For example the system  550  may be used as or in conjunction with a system for matching chefs, musicians, bars, restaurants and customers to create exclusive events, as previously described with respect to  FIGS. 1-2 . The system  550  can be a conventional personal computer, computer server, personal digital assistant, smart phone, tablet computer, or any other processor enabled device that is capable of wired or wireless data communication. Other computer systems and/or architectures may be also used, as will be clear to those skilled in the art. 
         [0065]    The system  550  preferably includes one or more processors, such as processor  560 . Additional processors may be provided, such as an auxiliary processor to manage input/output, an auxiliary processor to perform floating point mathematical operations, a special-purpose microprocessor having an architecture suitable for fast execution of signal processing algorithms (e.g., digital signal processor), a slave processor subordinate to the main processing system (e.g., back-end processor), an additional microprocessor or controller for dual or multiple processor systems, or a coprocessor. Such auxiliary processors may be discrete processors or may be integrated with the processor  560 . 
         [0066]    The processor  560  is preferably connected to a communication bus  555 . The communication bus  555  may include a data channel for facilitating information transfer between storage and other peripheral components of the system  550 . The communication bus  555  further may provide a set of signals used for communication with the processor  560 , including a data bus, address bus, and control bus (not shown). The communication bus  555  may comprise any standard or non-standard bus architecture such as, for example, bus architectures compliant with industry standard architecture (“ISA”), extended industry standard architecture (“EISA”), Micro Channel Architecture (“MCA”), peripheral component interconnect (“PCI”) local bus, or standards promulgated by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (“IEEE”) including IEEE 488 general-purpose interface bus (“GPIB”), IEEE 696/S-100, and the like. 
         [0067]    System  550  preferably includes a main memory  565  and may also include a secondary memory  570 . The main memory  565  provides storage of instructions and data for programs executing on the processor  560 . The main memory  565  is typically semiconductor-based memory such as dynamic random access memory (“DRAM”) and/or static random access memory (“SRAM”). Other semiconductor-based memory types include, for example, synchronous dynamic random access memory (“SDRAM”), Rambus dynamic random access memory (“RDRAM”), ferroelectric random access memory (“FRAM”), and the like, including read only memory (“ROM”). 
         [0068]    The secondary memory  570  may optionally include a internal memory  575  and/or a removable medium  580 , for example a floppy disk drive, a magnetic tape drive, a compact disc (“CD”) drive, a digital versatile disc (“DVD”) drive, etc. The removable medium  580  is read from and/or written to in a well-known manner. Removable storage medium  580  may be, for example, a floppy disk, magnetic tape, CD, DVD, SD card, etc. 
         [0069]    The removable storage medium  580  is a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable code (i.e., software) and/or data. The computer software or data stored on the removable storage medium  580  is read into the system  550  for execution by the processor  560 . 
         [0070]    In alternative embodiments, secondary memory  570  may include other similar means for allowing computer programs or other data or instructions to be loaded into the system  550 . Such means may include, for example, an external storage medium  595  and an interface  570 . Examples of external storage medium  595  may include an external hard disk drive or an external optical drive, or and external magneto-optical drive. 
         [0071]    Other examples of secondary memory  570  may include semiconductor-based memory such as programmable read-only memory (“PROM”), erasable programmable read-only memory (“EPROM”), electrically erasable read-only memory (“EEPROM”), or flash memory (block oriented memory similar to EEPROM). Also included are any other removable storage media  580  and communication interface  590 , which allow software and data to be transferred from an external medium  595  to the system  550 . 
         [0072]    System  550  may also include an input/output (“I/O”) interface  585 . The I/O interface  585  facilitates input from and output to external devices. For example the I/O interface  585  may receive input from a keyboard or mouse and may provide output to a display. The I/O interface  585  is capable of facilitating input from and output to various alternative types of human interface and machine interface devices alike. 
         [0073]    System  550  may also include a communication interface  590 . The communication interface  590  allows software and data to be transferred between system  550  and external devices (e.g. printers), networks, or information sources. For example, computer software or executable code may be transferred to system  550  from a network server via communication interface  590 . Examples of communication interface  590  include a modem, a network interface card (“NIC”), a wireless data card, a communications port, a PCMCIA slot and card, an infrared interface, and an IEEE 1394 fire-wire, just to name a few. 
         [0074]    Communication interface  590  preferably implements industry promulgated protocol standards, such as Ethernet IEEE 802 standards, Fiber Channel, digital subscriber line (“DSL”), asynchronous digital subscriber line (“ADSL”), frame relay, asynchronous transfer mode (“ATM”), integrated digital services network (“ISDN”), personal communications services (“PCS”), transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (“TCP/IP”), serial line Internet protocol/point to point protocol (“SLIP/PPP”), and so on, but may also implement customized or non-standard interface protocols as well. 
         [0075]    Software and data transferred via communication interface  590  are generally in the form of electrical communication signals  605 . These signals  605  are preferably provided to communication interface  590  via a communication channel  600 . In one embodiment, the communication channel  600  may be a wired or wireless network, or any variety of other communication links. Communication channel  600  carries signals  605  and can be implemented using a variety of wired or wireless communication means including wire or cable, fiber optics, conventional phone line, cellular phone link, wireless data communication link, radio frequency (“RF”) link, or infrared link, just to name a few. 
         [0076]    Computer executable code (i.e., computer programs or software) is stored in the main memory  565  and/or the secondary memory  570 . Computer programs can also be received via communication interface  590  and stored in the main memory  565  and/or the secondary memory  570 . Such computer programs, when executed, enable the system  550  to perform the various functions of the present invention as previously described. 
         [0077]    In this description, the term “computer readable medium” is used to refer to any non-transitory computer readable storage media used to provide computer executable code (e.g., software and computer programs) to the system  550 . Examples of these media include main memory  565 , secondary memory  570  (including internal memory  575 , removable medium  580 , and external storage medium  595 ), and any peripheral device communicatively coupled with communication interface  590  (including a network information server or other network device). These non-transitory computer readable mediums are means for providing executable code, programming instructions, and software to the system  550 . 
         [0078]    In an embodiment that is implemented using software, the software may be stored on a computer readable medium and loaded into the system  550  by way of removable medium  580 , I/O interface  585 , or communication interface  590 . In such an embodiment, the software is loaded into the system  550  in the form of electrical communication signals  605 . The software, when executed by the processor  560 , preferably causes the processor  560  to perform the inventive features and functions previously described herein. 
         [0079]    The system  550  also includes optional wireless communication components that facilitate wireless communication over a voice and over a data network. The wireless communication components comprise an antenna system  610 , a radio system  615  and a baseband system  620 . In the system  550 , radio frequency (“RF”) signals are transmitted and received over the air by the antenna system  610  under the management of the radio system  615 . 
         [0080]    In one embodiment, the antenna system  610  may comprise one or more antennae and one or more multiplexors (not shown) that perform a switching function to provide the antenna system  610  with transmit and receive signal paths. In the receive path, received RF signals can be coupled from a multiplexor to a low noise amplifier (not shown) that amplifies the received RF signal and sends the amplified signal to the radio system  615 . 
         [0081]    In alternative embodiments, the radio system  615  may comprise one or more radios that are configured to communicate over various frequencies. In one embodiment, the radio system  615  may combine a demodulator (not shown) and modulator (not shown) in one integrated circuit (“IC”). The demodulator and modulator can also be separate components. In the incoming path, the demodulator strips away the RF carrier signal leaving a baseband receive audio signal, which is sent from the radio system  615  to the baseband system  620 . 
         [0082]    If the received signal contains audio information, then baseband system  620  decodes the signal and converts it to an analog signal. Then the signal is amplified and sent to a speaker. The baseband system  620  also receives analog audio signals from a microphone. These analog audio signals are converted to digital signals and encoded by the baseband system  620 . The baseband system  620  also codes the digital signals for transmission and generates a baseband transmit audio signal that is routed to the modulator portion of the radio system  615 . The modulator mixes the baseband transmit audio signal with an RF carrier signal generating an RF transmit signal that is routed to the antenna system and may pass through a power amplifier (not shown). The power amplifier amplifies the RF transmit signal and routes it to the antenna system  610  where the signal is switched to the antenna port for transmission. 
         [0083]    The baseband system  620  is also communicatively coupled with the processor  560 . The central processing unit  560  has access to data storage areas  565  and  570 . The central processing unit  560  is preferably configured to execute instructions (i.e., computer programs or software) that can be stored in the memory  565  or the secondary memory  570 . Computer programs can also be received from the baseband processor  610  and stored in the data storage area  565  or in secondary memory  570 , or executed upon receipt. Such computer programs, when executed, enable the system  550  to perform the various functions of the present invention as previously described. For example, data storage areas  565  may include various software modules (not shown) that are executable by processor  560 . 
         [0084]    Various embodiments may also be implemented primarily in hardware using, for example, components such as application specific integrated circuits (“ASICs”), or field programmable gate arrays (“FPGAs”). Implementation of a hardware state machine capable of performing the functions described herein will also be apparent to those skilled in the relevant art. Various embodiments may also be implemented using a combination of both hardware and software. 
         [0085]    Furthermore, those of skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, circuits, and method steps described in connection with the above described figures and the embodiments disclosed herein can often be implemented as electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations of both. To clearly illustrate this interchangeability of hardware and software, various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and steps have been described above generally in terms of their functionality. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system. Skilled persons can implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the invention. In addition, the grouping of functions within a module, block, circuit or step is for ease of description. Specific functions or steps can be moved from one module, block or circuit to another without departing from the invention. 
         [0086]    Moreover, the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and methods described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented or performed with a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor (“DSP”), an ASIC, FPGA or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A general-purpose processor can be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor can be any processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor can also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, for example, a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration. 
         [0087]    Additionally, the steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein can be embodied directly in hardware, in a software module executed by a processor, or in a combination of the two. A software module can reside in RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium including a network storage medium. An exemplary storage medium can be coupled to the processor such the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. In the alternative, the storage medium can be integral to the processor. The processor and the storage medium can also reside in an ASIC. 
         [0088]    The above description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles described herein can be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, it is to be understood that the description and drawings presented herein represent a presently preferred embodiment of the invention and are therefore representative of the subject matter which is broadly contemplated by the present invention. It is further understood that the scope of the present invention fully encompasses other embodiments that may become obvious to those skilled in the art and that the scope of the present invention is accordingly not limited.