Patent ID: 8655672

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of selectively distributing invitations for a plurality of events, the method comprising: electronically storing in an event information database (a) a plurality of event records, each event record storing event information for a corresponding different event of a plurality of events, and (b) feedback information based on tracking of a plurality of member responses to invitations, wherein the event information stored in each of the plurality of event records includes one or more corresponding invitee selection criteria; electronically storing in a member information database member information for each of a plurality of members, wherein each of the plurality of members has a corresponding electronic mailbox for receiving electronic communications for storage and later retrieval by that member; for each event of the plurality of events, analyzing in a computer system the stored event information obtained from the event information database for that event, the stored feedback information obtained from the event information database, and the stored member information obtained from the member information database to identify, for each member among the plurality of members, targeted events among the plurality of events; electronically storing for each member information about the targeted events; and based on the stored information about the targeted events, generating and sending an electronic invitation message to the electronic mailbox of each member of the plurality of members for which targeted events were identified, wherein each electronic invitation message invites its corresponding recipient to all of the targeted events which were identified for that corresponding recipient.