Patent ID: 8438150

Claim:
A computer-implemented system for presenting event content to a system user on a display screen in a standalone event widget embedded in a third-party website displayed on the display screen, comprising: at least one computer-based system user event content (SUEC) device in electronic communications with at least a central network on which web-based searches are capable of being conducted and an event system that is capable of storing event content that is capable of being searched using a set of search parameters to retrieve event content based on the search parameters, with the at least one SUEC device including at least a programmable processor, storage medium, display screen, and input subsystem; the event system in electronic communications with the SUEC device having at least an event central system server, system accounting server, and a system search engine, the event central system server being in electronic communications with the SUEC device, system accounting server, and system search engine, with the event central system server receiving a request from the SUEC device for associating a set of search parameters with a webmaster that controls web-based content downloaded from the central network by the system user to the SUEC, and transmitting the set of search parameters based on the association of the set of search parameters with the webmaster to the system search engine for searching for event content based on such set of search parameters, and transmitting search results to the SUEC device for display on a portion of the SUEC device display screen, the system accounting server in electronic communications with the event central system server for processing the request from the SUEC device to associate the set of search parameters of the webmaster that controls web-based content downloaded from the web server and associating the set of search parameters with the webmaster and transmitting the associated set of search parameters to the event central system server, the system search engine including an event database storing event information that is selectable using search parameters of the set of search parameters of the webmaster, with the system search engine receiving the set of search parameters from the event central system server and searching the events database for event content that matches search parameters of the set of search parameters, including at least a date search parameter, and transmitting search results based on the set of search parameters to the central server, and the standalone event widget embedded in at least one third-party website that displays at least the event content results that match the search parameters of the set of search parameters.