Targeting Content to Meeting Location

• US 20150193819A1
• Filed: 04/12/2012
• Published: 07/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Chang, Lawrence
• Application Number:
  US13/445,295
• Publication Number:
  US 20150193819A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0252 based on events or environment, e.g. weather or festivals

Abstract

A computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a computing device, a request related to an event to be scheduled; providing for display an incomplete scheduling entry form to the user for the event to be scheduled; receiving, from the user and at the computing device, information that identifies one or more invitees for the event to be scheduled and a topic that corresponds to the even to be scheduled; and automatically providing one or more advertisements that are selected using the information provided by the user in the scheduling entry form.

Claims

1. -13. (canceled)

14. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a computer server system, information that relates to an event and that has been entered on a scheduling entry form by a user of a computing device, the information identifying one or more invitees for the event;

determining an event location based at least on the received information that relates to the event;

selecting, with the computer server system and based at least on one of the received information that relates to the event and the event location, one or more advertisements that are determined to likely be of interest to at least one of the one or more invitees upon completion of the event; and

identifying that the event is completed, and in response, providing, to respective computing devices for the at least one of the one or more invitees, computer code for causing the one or more advertisements to be displayed.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the event location is not provided by the user, wherein determining the event location comprises identifying a location that is common to the one or more invitees for the event.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein selecting the one or more advertisements comprises matching a topic for the event that the user provided to advertising keywords that correspond to candidate advertisements.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein selecting the one or more advertisements comprises determining that at least a first of the invitees has positively rated a location associated with a first of the one or more advertisements.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, further comprising, in response to receiving the information that relates to the event and determining the event location, causing electronic invitations for the event to be sent to the one or more invitees.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the one or more advertisements are associated with keywords selected by advertisers who placed the advertisements, wherein selecting the one or more advertisements comprises matching the received information that relates to the event with the keywords selected by the advertisers.

23. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein determining the event location comprises using an identified context for the event that indicates the type of event being scheduled and determining that the event location satisfies a criterion associated with the type of event being scheduled.

24. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the event location is not provided by the user, wherein determining the event location comprises:

determining, based on particular locations associated with the one or more invitees, a plurality of candidate locations;

providing, to the computing device for display to the user, information that characterizes the plurality of candidate locations; and

receiving, from the computing device, data that indicates a selection from user input of the event location from among the plurality of candidate locations.

27. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the received information that relates to the event includes the event location, and wherein determining the event location comprises identifying the event location from the received information.

28. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein identifying that the event is completed comprises receiving an indication that the at least one of the one or more invitees has left the event location.

19. -20. (canceled)

22. (canceled)

25. -26. (canceled)

29. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer-readable media having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause performance of operations comprising;

receiving, at the system, information that relates to an event and that has been entered on a scheduling entry form by a user of a computing device, the information identifying one or more invitees for the event;

determining an event location based at least on the received information that relates to the event;

selecting, with the system and based at least on one of the received information that relates to the event and the event location, one or more advertisements that are determined to likely be of interest to at least one of the one or more invitees upon completion of the event; and

identifying that the event is completed, and in response, providing, to respective computing devices for the at least one of the one or more invitees, computer code for causing the one or more advertisements to be displayed.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein the event location is not provided by the user, wherein determining the event location comprises identifying a location that is common to the one or more invitees for the event.

31. The system of claim 29, wherein selecting the one or more advertisements comprises matching a topic for the event that the user provided to advertising keywords that correspond to candidate advertisements.

32. The system of claim 29, wherein selecting the one or more advertisements comprises determining that at least a first of the invitees has positively rated a location associated with a first of the one or more advertisements.

33. The system of claim 29, wherein the operations further comprise, in response to receiving the information that relates to the event and determining the event location, causing electronic invitations for the event to be sent to the one or more invitees.

34. The system of claim 29, wherein the one or more advertisements are associated with keywords selected by advertisers who placed the advertisements, wherein selecting the one or more advertisements comprises matching the received information that relates to the event with the keywords selected by the advertisers.

35. The system of claim 29, wherein determining the event location comprises using an identified context for the event that indicates the type of event being scheduled and determining that the event location satisfies a criterion associated with the type of event being scheduled.

37. The system of claim 29, wherein the received information that relates to the event includes the event location, and wherein determining the event location comprises identifying the event location from the received information.

38. The system of claim 29, wherein identifying that the event is completed comprises receiving an indication that the at least one of the one or more invitees has left the event location.

36. The system of 29, wherein the event location is not provided by the user, wherein determining the event location comprises:

determining, based on particular locations associated with the one or more invitees, a plurality of candidate locations;

providing, to the computing device for display to the user, information that characterizes the plurality of candidate locations; and

receiving, from the computing device, data that indicates a selection from user input of the event location from among the plurality of candidate locations.