Meeting optimizer
First Claim
1. A method for developing a meeting location for a plurality of meeting participants, comprising the steps of:
- determining the travel circumstances of each of said meeting participants; and
selecting a set of candidate meeting locations such that each of said meeting participants has a fair travel burden to each of said candidate meeting locations based on a plurality of initial criteria, at least one of said initial criteria having values that are determined for an associated one of said meeting participants using at least information derived from said travel circumstances.
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Abstract
A meeting location that is “fair” to all the participants may be selected based on at least the travel circumstances and at least two initial criteria by which an optimal meeting location will be selected, at least one of which has values that are determined for each respective one of the meeting participants using at least information derived from the travel circumstances. Note that by “fair” it is generally intended that no participant can reduce his burden without significantly increasing the burden of some other participant. The meeting location may be determined using a multi-criterial approach. A criterion in this context is a particular property of the travel pertaining to a particular user. In the multi-criterial approach, one selects a preference relation based on each of the individual criteria, and the set of non-dominated alternatives is the outcome of the optimization process.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for developing a meeting location for a plurality of meeting participants, comprising the steps of:
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determining the travel circumstances of each of said meeting participants; and selecting a set of candidate meeting locations such that each of said meeting participants has a fair travel burden to each of said candidate meeting locations based on a plurality of initial criteria, at least one of said initial criteria having values that are determined for an associated one of said meeting participants using at least information derived from said travel circumstances. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for selecting a meeting location for a plurality of meeting participants, comprising the steps of:
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determining at least one initial criterion of interest for each at least two of said plurality of meeting participants; and selecting a set of fair candidate meeting locations based on a set of at least two objectives that are a function of said criteria.
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12. A method for selecting a meeting location for a plurality of meeting participants, comprising the steps of:
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determining a venue for said meeting, said venue being a criterion for said meeting; for at least one meeting participant, determining at least one initial criterion of interest; and selecting a set of fair meeting locations based on at least said venue and said at least one initial criterion of interest.
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13. A method for selecting a meeting location for a plurality of meeting participants, comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a first criterion for said meeting, said first criterion being a venue for said meeting; obtaining a second criterion for said meeting, said second criterion being at least one initial criterion of interest for at least one meeting participant; and determining a set of candidate fair meeting locations based on at least said first and second criteria.
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14. A method for selecting a meeting location for a plurality of meeting participants, comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a first initial criterion of interest for a first of said plurality of meeting participants; obtaining a first initial criterion of interest for a second of said plurality of meeting participants; and determining a set of candidate fair meeting locations based on at least said first initial criterion of interest for said first of said plurality of meeting participants and said first initial criterion of interest for said second of said plurality of meeting participants.
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