Application program and related techniques for organizing a meeting between people

• US 10,341,398 B2
• Filed: 06/07/2016
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: David R. Robinson
• Original Assignee: David R. Robinson
• Inventors: Robinson, David R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Duong, Hien L
• Application Number:
  US15/175,681
• Publication Number:
  US 20160285930A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,120 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

A computer-implemented application program comprises various graphic user interfaces to facilitate the formation of a physical meeting between people. A computer-readable storage medium comprises instructions to implement the computer-implemented application program.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of generating a meeting among people, comprising:

selecting, with a graphical user interface on a computer display, a venue;

displaying a map of the venue on the computer display, the map of the venue showing a plurality of internal features inside of the venue;

selecting a location of the meeting at the venue by dragging and dropping an icon on the map on the displayed venue to a position indicative of a selected spot proximate to one of the plurality of internal features inside of the venue;

selecting, with a graphical user interface on the computer display, a time of the meeting;

selecting, with a graphical user interface on the computer display, one or more people to attend the meeting;

communicating, to the one or more people, information identifying;

the map, the selected time, the selected location of the meeting, and the selected one or more people;

displaying, in accordance with the communicating, the map of the venue on one or more respective computer displays of the one or more people; and

displaying, in accordance with the communicating, the icon on the map of the venue on the one or more computer displays of the one or more people at the selected location of the meeting.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the venue comprises a concert Hall.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the venue comprises an organized event attended by a crowd of people.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

enlisting a member organization;

comparing a location of the member organization with the location of the meeting; and

displaying a member icon representative of the member organization on the map on the computer display at a position representative of the location of the member organization only if the location of the member organization is within a threshold distance of the location of the meeting.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the member organization comprises a concession associated with the venue.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the member organization comprises a restaurant.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the member organization comprises a bar.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, further comprising:

selecting, with a graphical user interface upon the computer display, the member organization; and

displaying data on the map upon the computer display in accordance with the selecting the member organization, the data describing a feature of the member organization.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, further comprising:

discounting to the member organization if one of the one or more people presents a respective computer display indication to the member organization that the one or more people comprises at least a predetermined number of people.

10. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable code stored thereon, the computer readable code comprising instructions for:

selecting, with a graphical user interface on a computer display, a venue;

displaying a map of the venue on the computer display, the map of the venue showing a plurality of internal features inside of the venue;

selecting a location of the meeting at the venue by dragging and dropping an icon on the map on displayed venue to a position indicative of a selected spot proximate to one of the plurality of internal features inside of the venue;

selecting, with a graphical user interface on the computer display, a time of the meeting;

selecting, with a graphical user interface on the computer display, one or more people to attend the meeting;

communicating, to the one or more people, information identifying;

the map, the selected time, the selected location of the meeting, and the selected one or more people;

displaying, in accordance with the communicating, the map of the venue on one or more respective computer displays of the one or more people; and

displaying, in accordance with the communicating, the icon on the map of the venue on the one or more computer displays of the one or more people at the selected location of the meeting.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the venue comprises a concert Hall.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the venue comprises an organized event attended by a crowd of people.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the computer readable code further comprises instructions for:

enlisting a member organization;

comparing a location of the member organization with the location of the meeting; and

displaying a member icon representative of the member organization on the map on the computer display at a position representative of the location of the member organization only if the location of the member organization is within a threshold distance of the location of the meeting.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the member organization comprises a concession associated with the venue.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the member organization comprises a restaurant.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the member organization comprises a bar.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the computer readable code further comprises instructions for:

selecting, with a graphical user interface upon the computer display, the member organization; and

displaying data on the map upon the computer display in accordance with the selecting the member organization, the data describing a feature of the member organization.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the computer readable code further comprises instructions for:

discounting to the member organization if one of the one or more people presents a respective computer display indication to the member organization that the one or more people comprises at least a predetermined number of people.