Patent ID: 8209217

Claim:
A system comprising: one or more processors; memory; an engine, stored in the memory and executable on the one or more processors, to: serve a user interface for display to an author of a work or a user associated with the author, the user interface indicating a geographical distribution of consumers that have conducted transactions associated with the work of the author; and facilitate scheduling of an event by the author or by the user associated with the author, the event being associated with the author or with the work by the author, the facilitating scheduling of the event including: enabling the author or the user associated with the author to select a geographical region at which to hold the event, the geographic region displayed within the user interface, based at least in part on the selection of the geographical region by the author or the user associated with the author, enabling the author or the user associated with the author to select a venue to host the event that is located in or is within a predefined distance of the geographical region, and based at least in part on the selection of the venue by the author or by the user associated with the author, scheduling the event at the venue selected by the author or by the user associated with the author.