Consensus and preference event scheduling
First Claim
1. A system and method to facilitate the scheduling of a meeting of participants with a common interest via a consensus process for selecting event details comprising:
- the date, time, location, and other event characteristics;
wherein the planned meeting or event is intended to be primarily face to face;
wherein the participants need not know each other, the scheduling system and method comprising;
a) The candidate participants each register information sources for their location, schedule, and preference information with one or more facilities accessible via Internet communications or wireless communication means comprising;
Internet web sites, smartphone apps and stored data, pad or tablet apps and stored data, or other electronically accessible scheduling information;
b) The meeting organizer initiates a meeting scheduling process which comprises;
a preliminary meeting objective, a preliminary candidate attendee list, a time, a date or date range, and a venue; and
an optional target or maximum number of attendees may be specified;
c) The candidate participants information comprises;
scheduling availability and preferences gathered from the information sources that the candidate participants have provided;
d) An invitation is sent via Internet or wireless communication means to each candidate participant soliciting feedback on the meeting details to be input to the scheduling process;
e) The meeting scheduling system optimizes the scheduling of the meeting based on the overall input, comprising;
candidate participant availability, explicit preferences, gathered or specified information, and feedback;
steps c through step e may be repeated;
The scheduling process is completed and finalized, and the participants are notified of the final details after the specified end-time or default end-time has passed.
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Abstract
The invention described here utilizes the Internet and other communication and social media conduits to create a meeting or an event, with the specific details decided by consensus. This scheduling system streamlines, simplifies, broadens, and automates the process. The organizer initially creates a proposed event with a single or multiple date options. The organizer then adds candidate participants via social media accounts, for example: Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn; or other participant identifiers such as: email addresses, cellphone numbers, etc. Each created event can be altered until the specified end-date, the final date by which all participants may feedback their choices and preferences for this event.
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7 Claims
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1. A system and method to facilitate the scheduling of a meeting of participants with a common interest via a consensus process for selecting event details comprising:
- the date, time, location, and other event characteristics;
wherein the planned meeting or event is intended to be primarily face to face;
wherein the participants need not know each other, the scheduling system and method comprising;a) The candidate participants each register information sources for their location, schedule, and preference information with one or more facilities accessible via Internet communications or wireless communication means comprising;
Internet web sites, smartphone apps and stored data, pad or tablet apps and stored data, or other electronically accessible scheduling information;b) The meeting organizer initiates a meeting scheduling process which comprises;
a preliminary meeting objective, a preliminary candidate attendee list, a time, a date or date range, and a venue; and
an optional target or maximum number of attendees may be specified;c) The candidate participants information comprises;
scheduling availability and preferences gathered from the information sources that the candidate participants have provided;d) An invitation is sent via Internet or wireless communication means to each candidate participant soliciting feedback on the meeting details to be input to the scheduling process; e) The meeting scheduling system optimizes the scheduling of the meeting based on the overall input, comprising;
candidate participant availability, explicit preferences, gathered or specified information, and feedback;
steps c through step e may be repeated;The scheduling process is completed and finalized, and the participants are notified of the final details after the specified end-time or default end-time has passed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- the date, time, location, and other event characteristics;
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