Nova Patents
IL184785A

Method and apparatus for leisure and entertainment merchandising

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17 claims: 3 independent, 14 dependent

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    184785/2 4' Claims 1. A computerized method executed in a processor of an encounter generator for merchandising, to a community of subscribers, commercial attractions offered by at least one attraction provider server, the method comprising:o receiving in the processor of the encounter generator the commercial attractions from the at least one attraction provider server and presenting, by the processor of the encounter generator, the commercial attractions to subscriber terminals of subscribers of the community;o receiving in the processor of the encounter generator a wish-list from a respective subscriber terminal of each participating subscriber of a plurality of participating subscribers from the community, said wish-list including at least a ranking of said participating subscriber’s level of interest in each attraction of a plurality of attractions of the commercial attractions;o generating in the processor of the encounter generator an encounter in response to at least said rankings received from said plurality of participating subscribers, said generating including: picking, from said plurality of participating subscribers, an ensemble of subscribers for said encounter, said ensemble consisting of less subscribers than said plurality of participating subscribers, and assigning an attraction of the ranked commercial attractions to said ensemble;o presenting said encounter to respective subscriber terminals of said ensemble's subscribers;and o booking said attraction, for said ensemble, by the processor of the encounter generator, at the at least one attraction provider server.
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    An apparatus for merchandising, to a community of subscribers, commercial attractions, the apparatus comprising:o a subscriber interface communicating with subscriber terminals;o an attraction interface communicating with at least one attraction provider server;and o a processor configured to: communicate with said at least one attraction provider server and receive the commercial attractions, 184785/2 communicate with terminals of said subscriber terminals and present the commercial attractions, communicate with terminals of said subscriber terminals and receive a wish-list from each participating subscriber of a plurality of participating subscribers from the community, said wish-list including at least a ranking of said participating subscriber’s level of interest in each attraction of a plurality of attractions of the commercial attractions, generate an encounter in response to at least said rankings received from said plurality of participating subscribers, said generate including: picking, from said plurality of participating subscribers, an ensemble of subscribers for said encounter, said ensemble consisting of less subscribers than said plurality of participating subscribers, and assigning an attraction of the ranked commercial attractions to said ensemble, communicate with subscriber terminals of the ensemble's subscribers and present said encounter to said ensemble's subscribers, and communicate with a server of said at least one attraction provider server and book said attraction for said ensemble.
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    A system for merchandising, to a community of subscribers, commercial attractions, the system comprising:o at least one attraction provider server;o a plurality of subscriber terminals operable by the subscribers;and o an encounter generator comprising a processor configured to: communicate with said at least one attraction provider server and receive the commercial attractions, communicate with said subscriber terminals and receive a wish-list from each participating subscriber of a plurality of participating subscribers from the community, said wish-list including at least a ranking of said participating subscriber’s level of interest in each attraction of a plurality of attractions of the commercial attractions, generate an encounter in response to at least said rankings received from said plurality of participating subscribers, said generate including: picking, from said plurality of participating subscribers, an ensemble of subscribers for said encounter, said ensemble consisting of less 4 184785/2 subscribers than said plurality of participating subscribers, and assigning an attraction of the ranked commercial attractions to said ensemble, communicate with subscriber terminals of the ensemble's subscribers for presenting said encounter to said ensemble's subscribers, and communicate with a server of said at least one attraction provider server and book said attraction for said ensemble.
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