Event demand system and method

1. A computer-implemented method for creating a demand for an event at a particular location, the method comprising:

creating, by an interested party on an event demand system, a demand for an unscheduled event in a particular geographic area, the demand being an indication of interest for the unscheduled event;

providing notice of the demand on the event demand system;

electronically dispersing, by the interested party to third parties via GUI functionality, a request to join the demand;

electronically dispersing, to persons other than the interested party and the third parties via a user interface page of sharing tools, a request to join the demand;

allowing a party to join in the demand by selecting a demand button;

receiving at the event demand system a notification of each instance of a party joining the demand;

determining, via a computer of the event demand system, when the number of instances of a party joining the demand reaches a critical mass;

contacting, upon determination that the critical mass has been reached, the event provider;

providing the event provider with the interested parties who demanded the event at the particular location via administrator tools, the administrator tools including the sharing tools and 2 or more tools directed to features selected from the group composed of: current status of each demand for a performer, manage available dates for performances, specify venue/city preferences or requirements for performance, specify a minimum quantity of people or monetary amount for an acceptable demand, manage communications with demanders, pay to send communications to fans, and/or adjusting rules for specific demands or for all demands for the performer;

transmitting an event-scheduled message to the interested parties when the demanded event is scheduled, the event-scheduled message including information that encourages the interested parties to attend the event, that allows the interested parties to indicate their interest in attending the event, and/or that enables the interested parties to encourage their friends to attend the event; and

receiving a response from an interested party who received the event-scheduled message, the response including an indication of the interested party's interest in attending the event.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request to join the demand further comprises one of locating the demand button on the event demand system for the demand, sending an electronic message to a plurality of users, posting a link on a plurality of other sites that link to the demand on the event demand system, and posting a sticker on a plurality of other sites that link to the demand on the event demand system.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the sticker further comprises a piece of code that is placed on the plurality of other sites.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the event further comprises one of musical concerts, a sporting event, a vote/tally, a book reading, an appearance by a particular person, a gathering of a particular group of people with an interest in particular subject, a particular action, a film screening, airing of television programming, airing of radio programming, airing of cable programming, and any other activities in a particular location.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the event provider further comprises one of a band, an organizer of an event, an author, an venue owner, a film distributor, television broadcaster, cable station, radio broadcaster, an athlete, a musician, a speaker, an industry leader, a comedian, a poet and a personality.

6. A system for creating a demand for an event at a particular location, the system comprising:

a demand storage unit that stores one or more pieces of data about a plurality of demands, each demand being an event by an event provider at a particular location; and

an event demand computer system having:

a demand creation module that permits an interested party to create a demand for an event wherein the created demand is an indication of interest for an unscheduled event that is scheduled if the event provider agrees to the demanded event wherein the scheduling includes selecting a venue and selecting a time for the event and wherein the created demand is stored in the demand storage unit;

a demand join unit that electronically disperses a request to join the created demand from the interested party to third parties and by persons other than the interested party and the third parties and allowing a party to join the demand;

a notifier unit that automatically provides an event provider of the created demand with the interested parties who demanded the event at the particular location;

administrator tools including a performer dashboard, which provides a display of recommended actions provided via the event demand computer system, and 2 or more tools directed to features selected from the group composed of: current status of each demand for a performer, manage available dates for performances, specify venue/city preferences or requirements for performance, specify a minimum quantity of people or monetary amount for an acceptable demand, manage communications with demanders, pay to send communications to fans, and/or adjusting rules for specific demands or for all demands for the performer; and

non-transitory computer readable media comprising instructions executable by one or more processing components and/or circuits to transmit an event-scheduled message to the interested parties when the demanded event is scheduled, the event-scheduled message including information that encourages the interested parties to attend the event, that allows the interested parties to indicate their interest in attending the event, and/or that enables the interested parties to encourage their friends to attend the event, and to receive a response from an interested party who received the event-scheduled message, the response including an indication of the interested party's interest in attending the event;

wherein the event demand computer system is configured to provide information regarding a quantity of demands in one or more geographic areas and determine when a number of instances of a party joining the demand reaches a critical mass.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the demand join unit further comprises a piece of code for locating a demand it button on the event demand computer system for the created demand, a piece of code for sending an electronic message to a plurality of users about the created demand, a piece of code for posting a link on a plurality of other sites that link to the created demand on the event demand computer system and a piece of code for posting a sticker on a plurality of other sites that link to the created demand on the event demand computer system.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the sticker further comprises a piece of code that is placed on the plurality of other sites.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the event further comprises one of musical concerts, a sporting event, a vote/tally, a book reading, an appearance by a particular person, a gathering of a particular group of people with an interest in particular subject, a particular action, a film screening, airing of television programming, airing of radio programming, airing of cable programming, and any other activities in a particular location.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the event provider further comprises one of a band, an organizer of an event, an author, an venue owner, a film distributor, television broadcaster, cable station, radio broadcaster, an athlete, a musician, a speaker, an industry leader, a comedian, a poet and a personality.

11. A computer-implemented method for creating a demand for an event, the method comprising:

creating, by an event provider utilizing an event demand computer system, a demand for an event by the event provider at one or more locations, the demand being an indication of interest for an unscheduled event that is scheduled if the event provider agrees to the demanded event wherein the scheduling includes selecting a venue and selecting a time for the event;

electronically dispersing, via administrator tools the event demand computer system, a request to join the demand for the event by the event provider;

allowing a party to join in the demand for the event by selection of a demand button;

receiving at the event demand system a notification of each instance of party joining the demand for the unscheduled event;

providing the event provider with a measure of the demand created by the one or more interested parties who demanded the event at each location, wherein the measure includes a quantity of the interested parties who demanded the event;

determining, via a computer of the event demand system, when the number of instances of a party joining the demand reaches a critical mass, wherein the critical mass is a subjective number of interested parties, determined by the event provider, that represents the minimum number of demandees required before the event provider will consider doing the event;

distributing an event-scheduled message from the event demand system to the interested parties when the demanded event is scheduled, the event-scheduled message including information that encourages the interested parties to attend the event, that allows the interested parties to indicate their interest in attending the event, and/or that enables the interested parties to encourage their friends to attend the event; and

receiving a response from an interested party, the response including an indication of the interested party's interest in attending the event;

wherein the administrator tools including a performer dashboard, which provides a display of recommended actions provided via the event demand computer system, and 2 or more tools directed to features selected from the group composed of: current status of each demand for a performer, manage available dates for performances, specify venue/city preferences or requirements for performance, specify a minimum quantity of people or monetary amount for an acceptable demand, manage communications with demanders, pay to send communications to fans, and/or adjusting rules for specific demands or for all demands for the performer.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the request to join the demand further comprises one of locating the demand button on the event demand system for the demand, sending an electronic message to a plurality of users, posting a link on a plurality of other sites that link to the demand on the event demand system, and posting a sticker on a plurality of other sites that link to the demand on the event demand system.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the sticker further comprises a piece of code that is placed on the plurality of other sites.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the event further comprises one of musical concerts, a sporting event, a vote/tally, a book reading, an appearance by a particular person, a gathering of a particular group of people with an interest in particular subject, a particular action, a film screening, airing of television programming, airing of radio programming, airing of cable programming, and any other activities in the particular location.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the event provider further comprises one of a band, an organizer of an event, an author, an venue owner, a film distributor, television broadcaster, cable station, radio broadcaster, an athlete, a musician, a speaker, an industry leader, a comedian, a poet and a personality.

16. A system for creating a demand for an event, the system comprising:

a demand storage unit that stores one or pieces of data about a plurality of demands, each demand being an event by an event provider at one or more locations; and

an event demand computer system having:

a demand creation module that permits an event provider to create a demand for an event wherein the created demand is an indication of interest for an unscheduled event in a geographic location, wherein the event is scheduled if the event provider agrees to the demanded event wherein the scheduling includes selecting a venue and selecting a time for the event and wherein the created demand is stored in the demand storage unit,

a demand join unit that electronically disperses a request to join the created demand, by the event provider and by persons other than the event provider,

a notifier unit that provides the event provider with one or more interested parties who demanded the event at each location and distributing electronic messages from the event provider to the interested parties when the one or more interested parties exceeds a critical mass; and

non-transitory computer readable media comprising instructions executable by one or more processing components and/or circuits to transmit an event-scheduled message to the interested parties when the demanded event is scheduled, the event-scheduled message including information that encourages the interested parties to attend the event, that allows the interested parties to indicate their interest in attending the event, and/or that enables the interested parties to encourage their friends to attend the event, and to receive a response from an interested party who received the event-scheduled message, the response including an indication of the interested party's interest in attending the event;

wherein the event demand computer system includes administrator tools including a performer dashboard, which provides a display of recommended actions provided via the event demand computer system, and 2 or more tools directed to features selected from the group composed of: current status of each demand for a performer, manage available dates for performances, specify venue/city preferences or requirements for performance, specify a minimum quantity of people or monetary amount for an acceptable demand, manage communications with demanders, pay to send communications to fans, and/or adjusting rules for specific demands or for all demands for the performer.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the demand join unit further comprises a piece of code for locating a demand it button on the event demand computer system for the created demand, a piece of code for sending an electronic message to a plurality of users about the created demand, a piece of code for posting a link on a plurality of other sites that link to the created demand on the event demand computer system and a piece of code for posting a sticker on a plurality of other sites that link to the created demand on the event demand computer system.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the sticker further comprises a piece of code that is placed on the plurality of other sites.

19. The system of claim 16 , wherein the event further comprises one of musical concerts, a sporting event, a vote/tally, a book reading, an appearance by a particular person, a gathering of a particular group of people with an interest in particular subject, a particular action, a film screening, airing of television programming, airing of radio programming, airing of cable programming, and any other activities in a particular location.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the event provider further comprises one of a band, an organizer of an event, an author, an venue owner, a film distributor, television broadcaster, cable station, radio broadcaster, an athlete, a musician, a speaker, an industry leader, a comedian, a poet and a personality.