Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Virgin Cruises Intermediate Limited

Andrew Pierce Schwalb

Gregory Brooks Hale

Kenneth William Schweizer

Dale A Stafford

Tom Craven

Michelle Bentubo

Zachary R Merritt

Vijay Achanti

Francis G Farro, Ii

Barry Thomas Craven

The disclosed embodiments relate to a computer implemented recommender system/method which enables the computer to provide more 'emotionally' relevant/connected, and therefore more likely to be successful, recommendations while minimizing dependency on historical data as well susceptibility to bias, e.g. monetary and/or sponsor based. The disclosed embodiments segment a target set of known users into groups based on similar characteristics and then associate each group with one or more unique sets of affinities derived from the social media interactions of a general population having similar affinities. Similarly, a unique set of affinity characteristics is derived, and stored in a data structure, for each of a set of recommendations. The unique sets of affinities associated with the groups are compared with the set of affinity characteristics associated with each recommendations to derive a subset thereof relevant to the users of the particular group.

Systems and methods for computer generated recommendations with improved accuracy and relevance

A method and system for the loading of patrons at multiple attractions at an entertainment environment includes the first-in first-out line and a priority based line. A patron can have an additional priority entry at a time selected by the patron to any one of the multiple attractions in the entertainment environment. There can be an entry selected by the patron to at least one of the multiple attractions in the entertainment environment, such entry being affected on a priority basis as selected by the patron. A patron can have an entry at a second time period selected by the patron to the second attraction in the entertainment environment. The second time period can overlap a first time period. Alternatively the second time period can be substantially close in time to the first time period, whereby the closeness in time under essentially normal conditions would be too close for use on a first attraction in the first time period and subsequent use on a second attraction in that second time period. There can be an additional entry at a time selected by the patron to at least one of multiple attractions in the entertainment environment. The additional entry can be at selected return times to multiple attractions and at available return times selected by the computer for the multiple attractions.

Management of the flow of persons in entertainment environments

A method and system for the loading of patrons at multiple attractions at an entertainment includes the first-in first-out line and a priority based line. A cellular telephone is used to obtain and claim priority status. In other forms different priorities are established based on where, when and the number of priority spaces required. Different hierarchies are established for computer controlling the different lines for multiple attractions in the entertainment environment. The system and method also provide for moving people from an area of concentration to other locations.

Management of the flow of persons in relation to centers of crowd concentration via television control

Management of the flow of persons in relation to centers of crowd concentration via wireless control

Management of the flow of persons in relation to centers of crowd concentration

Management of the flow of persons in relation to centers of crowd concentration via priority control

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Andrew Pierce Schwalb