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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2010
Applicants:

Hilliard Bruce Siegel, Seattle, WA (US);

Francis J. Kane, Sammamish, WA (US);

Alexandre Edelman, Seattle, WA (US);

George E. Rabatin, Iii, Seattle, WA (US);

Justin M. Campbell, Seattle, WA (US);

Adam Carlson, Seattle, WA (US);

Andrej Gregov, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Hilliard Bruce Siegel, Seattle, WA (US);

Francis J. Kane, Sammamish, WA (US);

Alexandre Edelman, Seattle, WA (US);

George E. Rabatin, III, Seattle, WA (US);

Justin M. Campbell, Seattle, WA (US);

Adam Carlson, Seattle, WA (US);

Andrej Gregov, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

IMDb.com, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0252 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0261 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0264 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for determining the likelihood of a user's attendance at an event. For example, the systems and methods can be used to determine that a particular user is attending, is planning to attend, has already attended, or is about to attend a particular event, such as a movie, concert, tour, etc. Further, upon determining that a user is attending, has already attended, or is about to attend an event, systems and methods can be used to serve to a device, associated with the user, content that is related to the event. For example, the content may include invites that invite the user to provide a review of the event and to join a discussion about the event. Further, for example, the content may include links to websites that provide reviews and other information about the event, provide information about related events, or that offer related items for sale.


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