Patent ID: 7359946

Claim:
A system for web-based, passive, user-active, event-centric application comprising: a database and an application on a web server, wherein the database is a repository of information on a) a club, b) an event for the club, c) a member attribute for a member of the club, wherein the event is managed by the member; means for accessing the information on the event, the access being limited to the member; and means for updating the information on the event by the member; wherein the passive, user-active, event-centric application not involving monitoring the information for the event; the system being passive since it provides a medium in which a number of people come together to form a group or club, it does not manage events, it does not send invitations to the members, it does not send notifications to the members, it does not expect reply or acknowledgement from its members and hence it does not summarize the members' responses, it does not check or store members' availability, it does not provide or keep public or private calendars for members, or it does not send files or forms to members; the system being user-active since individual members must take the responsibility of signing into the web site and checking the scheduled events and decide on their participation/contribution; and the system being event-centric since the web site revolves around events, schedule of events, members related to events and members' participation and contribution to the events.