Patent Document ID: 8751407
Application ID: 13933045

Base Claim:
1. A system for facilitating creation of an ad hoc social networking forum for a cohort of users, the system comprising: one or more physical processors programmed with computer readable instructions to: obtain, from one or more publicly available sources, information related to a first cohort prior to receiving a user request to join a first social networking forum that is related to the first cohort, the first cohort comprising a plurality of users that have a pre-established association with a first experience scheduled to occur at a first time, first date, and a first location, the information related to the first cohort comprising information related to the first experience; and receive a request from a first user of the first cohort to join the first social networking forum associated with the first cohort; determine whether the first social networking forum has been created; and responsive to a determination that the first social networking forum has not been created: create the first social networking forum; and add the first user as a member of the first social networking forum; and facilitate sharing of one or more items of content via the first social networking forum.

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Claim 3:
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more physical processors are programmed with computer readable instructions to receive the request from the first user by: displaying, on a display of the computing device of the first user, a selectable list comprising a plurality of cohorts including the first cohort, wherein the cohort management module is configured to have obtained information related to each individual cohort of the plurality of cohorts prior to receiving a user request to join an individual one of the plurality of social networking forums; and receiving, from the first user, a selection of the first cohort.