Systems and Methods to Plan Events at Different Locations

• US 20090307268A1
• Filed: 06/30/2008
• Published: 12/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thryv, Inc. (Mudrick Capital Management LP)
• Original Assignee: YellowPages.com LLC (Mudrick Capital Management LP)
• Inventors: NEBRICH, Samantha, LIESKE, Jay H. JR., CHAPPELL, Stephen
• Granted Patent: US 9,047,591 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided to specify a location of a planned event via a selection of a listing that has location information. For example, in response to a search request a listing may show a business entity at a geographic location; and the user may select the listing as a way to specify the location of a new event or an existing event. In some embodiments, one event can have multiple listings specifying multiple locations.

Claims

1. A method implemented in a data processing system, the method comprising:

presenting a user interface element and a listing having location information; and

responsive to a selection of the user interface element, adding to an event a reference to the listing to represent a location of the event.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving from the user input describing a further location of the event.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface element and the listing are presented to a first user in a message from a second user;

wherein the message includes a reference to the listing.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface element and the listing are presented in a list of bookmarked listings.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface element and the listing are presented in response to recalling a previously saved search.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a search request at a web server, wherein the listing is presented on a user terminal in response to the search request, the reference to the listing including a reference to the web server.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the listing provides contact information of a business entity.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the listing comprises a telephone directory listing of the business entity.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the presenting of the user interface element and the listing comprises presenting a list of listings identified in response to the search request, the list of listings including the listing having the location information.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the user interface element is associated with the listing in the list of listings.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining whether the listing includes information specifying a geographic location; and

providing the user interface element with the listing in response to a determination that the listing includes information specifying a geographic location.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting a list of events, wherein the reference to the listing is added to the event in response to a selection of the event from the list of events.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the event has a first location prior to the reference of the listing being added to the event.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the reference to the listing is added to the event as a location of the event in addition to the first location.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a message using the listing to provide information about the location of the event represented by the reference to the listing; and

transmitting the message to one or more communication contacts associated with the event.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the message comprises an electronic mail message, a short text message, a voice mail message, an instant message, or a fax message.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the message comprises a link to the listing hosted on a web server.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the user interface element is presented on a mobile communication device;

and the message is generated on a server remote to the mobile communication device.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the message further includes a note provided by a user in scheduling the event.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the user interface element is presented on a mobile communication device;

and the message is generated on the mobile communication device.

21. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

providing a user interface to select the one or more communication contacts from an address book; and

associating the one or more communication contacts with the event.

22. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

associating a scheduled time period with the location represented by the reference to the listing.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

creating the event in a calendar in response to the selection.

24. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to the selection of the user interface element, specifying a time period of the event according to a time period associated with the listing.

25. A machine readable media storing instructions, the instructions causing a data processing system to perform a method, the method comprising:

presenting a user interface element and a listing having location information; and

responsive to a selection of the user interface element, adding to an event a reference to the listing to represent a location of the event.

26. A data processing system, comprising:

means for presenting a user interface element and a listing having location information; and

means for adding to an event a reference to the listing to represent a location of the event, responsive to a selection of the user interface element.