Abstract: A multipurpose event invitation comprises an event information space for entering event details and an applied message space. The event invitation is configured to be delivered to the sender after being read and updated by a recipient. In some embodiments event details are entered using an event information input and a personalized message is entered using a message space input. In some embodiments, the event invitation is physically delivered to a recipient. Alternatively or in addition, the event invitation is able to be electronically delivered.

Abstract: Systems and methods to integrate offer processing in a social networking environment. A computing apparatus includes: a data warehouse configured to store data associating a social networking account of a user with a financial payment account of the user; a portal configured to provide an offer to the user of the social networking account and to store data associating the offer with the financial payment account; a transaction handler configured to monitor transactions in the financial payment account of the user and detect a transaction that satisfies a set of requirements of the offer, when an authorization request for the transaction is being processed by the transaction handler; a message broker configured to generate a message in response to the transaction being detected; and a media controller coupled with the message broker to communicate the message to a social networking site.