Abstract: A matching system includes consumer and product/vendor portrayer engines capable of determining, monitoring and modifying consumer and product/vendor cognitive and factual information, and a matching engine capable of determining corresponding consumer information of one or more consumers and product and/or vendor information of one or more products and/or vendors. In an exemplary embodiment, the cognitive information comprises consumer and product and/or vendor profiles including a weighted personality aspect set. The cognitive information also includes consumer and product and/or vendor intent and long-term interests, and the product information includes parameters linked to consumer fact information. The information can further be gathered from devices and/or processes of an interconnected network and the results of matching can be presented to or for a consumer via one or more devices accessible to the matching system, in accordance with one or more applications.

Abstract: A calendaring system communicatively coupled to a network comprises: a calendar engine capable to store and display event data from a calendar database; a portrait database capable to store portraits of users; the portraits including relationship settings for users; and an event engine, communicatively coupled to the calendar engine and portrait database, capable of scheduling events (including implicit events), sending events invitations and responding to an event invitation received, and offering appropriate services related to those events, via the network, as a function of time availability as indicated in the calendar database, relationship settings, and lifestyle wishes, monitors and gauges of the participants in the event as indicated in the portrait database.