Systems and Methods for Grouping Kiosk Users and Non-Users into a Community

摘要

Systems and methods for grouping individual kiosk users into one or more communities are described. The described systems and methods may further group people who have not used a kiosk into one or more communities. Additionally, the systems and methods may make information or data about a particular user and/or the user's activities at a kiosk available to members of a community, which may include users and/or non-users. The systems and methods also make the information about one or more communities available to a single user or non-user. The information may include user data, kiosk data, community data, location data, and the like. The data can be collected and reported to the individual and/or the community on a real-time or substantially real-time basis. The data reported can be then used for various purposes, including customizing the advertising for an individual user or community, statistical marketing analyses, viral marketing, or any other purpose. The information can result in increased consumer communication and awareness as well as savings for an individual user or non-user. Other embodiments are described.