Patent ID: 8219501

Claim:
A method for operating a computerized encounter generator for arranging, for a plurality of subscribers, face-to-face meetings at a plurality of attractions, the method comprising: receiving preferences of each participating subscriber of a plurality of participating subscribers, said preferences of the participating subscriber including at least the following three interests: the participating subscriber's score expressing the participating subscriber's relative level of interest in each selected subscriber of a plurality of selected subscribers, each selected subscriber individually-identified among the plurality of subscribers by the participating subscriber, the participating subscriber's ranking expressing the participating subscriber's relative level of interest in each selected attraction of a plurality of selected attractions from the plurality of attractions, and the participating subscriber's timing specifying the participating subscriber's interest in preferred schedules for meetings; and generating an encounter, by a processor of the encounter generator, said generating including: picking, from the plurality of participating subscribers, in response to said three interests included in the preferences received from the plurality of participating subscribers, an ensemble of subscribers that consists of at least two participating subscribers and less than the plurality of participating subscribers, and assigning to said ensemble, in response to said three interests included in the preferences received from the plurality of participating subscribers, an assigned attraction from the plurality of attractions.