Arranging on a communications network meetings between persons where the instant estimated time of arrival at a meeting of each prospective attendee is calculated and displayed to the subject attendee, and to all prospective attendees
First Claim
1. A method performed on and between communicating devices distributed upon a communications network for the purpose(s) of soliciting and arranging and initiating a meeting, the method comprising:
- supplying from the communication device of each prospective attendee of a meeting its instant geographical location to a central computer;
calculating at the central computer from the received instant geographical location of the communication device of each prospective attendee supply this information the expected time of arrival of the prospective attendee at the meeting;
sending from the central computer to an enabled communication devices of each and all prospective attendees of the meeting the then estimated times of arrival at the meeting of each and all prospective attendees; and
displaying on the enabled communication devices of each and all prospective attendees of the meeting the then estimated times of arrival at the meeting of each and all prospective attendees.
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Abstract
In a method performed on and between communicating devices distributed upon a communications network for the purpose(s) of soliciting and arranging and initiating a meeting, the communication device of each prospective attendee of a meeting supplies its instant geographical location to a central computer. The central computer calculates from the received instant geographical locations, and preferably also any of weather, traffic flow rate, traffic roadblocks and stoppages, the traffic route being followed to the meeting location, and the actual rate of progress along the route to the meeting location—the estimated time of arrival of each prospective attendee at the meeting. This ETA for each prospective meeting attendee is sent from the central computer to the communications devices of all prospective attendees, permitting each and all to see their own progress or lack thereof, and also that of others, to the meeting. The instant geographical locations of all prospective attendees supplied to the central computer are likewise preferably distributed by the central computer to all prospective attendees, and graphically displayed in real time.
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21 Claims
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1. A method performed on and between communicating devices distributed upon a communications network for the purpose(s) of soliciting and arranging and initiating a meeting, the method comprising:
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supplying from the communication device of each prospective attendee of a meeting its instant geographical location to a central computer; calculating at the central computer from the received instant geographical location of the communication device of each prospective attendee supply this information the expected time of arrival of the prospective attendee at the meeting; sending from the central computer to an enabled communication devices of each and all prospective attendees of the meeting the then estimated times of arrival at the meeting of each and all prospective attendees; and displaying on the enabled communication devices of each and all prospective attendees of the meeting the then estimated times of arrival at the meeting of each and all prospective attendees. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 7, 8, 9)
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4. The method according to claim
wherein the supplying and the calculating and the sending and the displaying are held in abeyance until a predetermined first time interval before the meeting.
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10. On and between communicating devices distributed upon a communications network, a method for soliciting and arranging and initiating a meeting, the method comprising;
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initiating from a one device (1) a solicitation for meeting (3) at a specific time (3) at a specific place (4) to a then specifically enumerated group of other devices as are each then possessed by an associated human who is a potential attendee of the meeting; each of the solicited devices of the group either (A) standing mute, (B) declining attendance of the associated human, or (C) accepting attendance by the associated human, to all others of the solicited devices of the group so that, ultimately, all devices of humans indicating acceptance do also know which other humans are intending to attend the meeting; each of the solicited devices of the group automatically accepting at any time thereafter the initiating up to the time of meeting either (A) no response then-solicited from a member of the group, or, equivalently, (B) a negative response from a particular device of the group, as a disavowal that the associated human should thereafter attend the meeting, and communicating no more regarding the meeting with that particular device; forebearing that a disavowal of intent to attend be caused by an associated human to eruptively be sent, automatically reconfirming with each device said intent of the associated human to attend the meeting as well as providing the then geographical location of the device and associated human to all of the solicited devices then still indicating intent to attend, whereupon all may know a most current roster of remaining devices/persons still expecting to attend, but also the then geographical locations of these then-expected devices/attendees. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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