System and method for scheduling events and associated products and services
First Claim
1. An event-based scheduling system that allows individual event participants to schedule an event and the provisions of at least two tasks associated with said event, comprising:
- an event scheduling interface that accepts data from an individual event participant relating to said event; and
an event-based scheduling system responsive to data from said event scheduling interface, said data relating to at least two tasks associated with said event, said event-based scheduling system scheduling the provisions of said at least two tasks at the request of said event participant and linking each of said at least two tasks to said event within said event-based scheduling system,whereby said scheduling of said provisions of said event and said at least two tasks are performed by said individual event participant at a computing platform without the intervention of a centralized event planner.
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Abstract
A system and method that allows an individual event participant to schedule and/or status an event and the provisions of one or more ancillary tasks associated with the event. The scheduling of the provisions of the event and ancillary tasks and sub-tasks associated with the event are performed by the event participant without the intervention of a centralized event planner using a system that provides for integrated scheduling of resources and calendaring of people within a common event-based scheduling system. The event-based scheduling system provides vertical integration of multiple sub-tasks within an individual task and horizontal integration of each sub-tasks across multiple tasks. The event-based scheduling system and method include an event-based scheduling application which automates and integrates all the task and sub-tasks required to plan, conduct, status, and report a complex event or process. The system and method allow real time scheduling and status monitoring of the event and the products and services associated with the event. The system componentsand subsystems are interconnected via a network and may be accessible via, for example, the Internet.
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60 Claims
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1. An event-based scheduling system that allows individual event participants to schedule an event and the provisions of at least two tasks associated with said event, comprising:
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an event scheduling interface that accepts data from an individual event participant relating to said event; and an event-based scheduling system responsive to data from said event scheduling interface, said data relating to at least two tasks associated with said event, said event-based scheduling system scheduling the provisions of said at least two tasks at the request of said event participant and linking each of said at least two tasks to said event within said event-based scheduling system, whereby said scheduling of said provisions of said event and said at least two tasks are performed by said individual event participant at a computing platform without the intervention of a centralized event planner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method of scheduling an event and ancillary tasks associated with said event using an event-based scheduling system, the method comprising the steps of:
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prompting an event participant to input event data relating to the time and place of an event; storing said inputted event data in a database in connection with said event; scheduling the time and place of said event based on said event data inputted by said event participant; prompting said event participant to input task data relating to at least two tasks required to support said event; storing said task data in said database and linking said task data to said event; and scheduling each of said at least two tasks using said task data input by said event participant. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. In a computerized system, an event-based method of scheduling an event, and at least two tasks and at least two sub-tasks associated with said event, said method comprising:
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establishing a computing platform for use by an event participant in scheduling an event and at least two ancillary tasks and sub-tasks associated with said event, said computing platform including a processor and a database of providers of said tasks and said sub-tasks; scheduling an event using event data received from said event participant at said computing platform; providing said event participant with a selection of said tasks and said sub-tasks from said database based on said event data received from said event participant; scheduling said ancillary tasks and sub-tasks based on selections received from said event participant at said computing platform; associating said ancillary tasks and sub-tasks with said event; generating a request/order to a provider for each of said tasks and sub-tasks based on said selections; and transmitting each request/order to each provider of each selected task and sub-task. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A server system for operating an event-based scheduling application that allows an event participant to schedule an event and at least two tasks comprising ancillary products and services associated with said event, said server system comprising:
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a server interface for receiving data relating to said event and said at least two tasks associated with said event from an event participant; a server connected to said server interface, said server comprising a database for storing said received data and an operating system connected to said database; and an event-based scheduling application operable by said operating system to cause said server to receive said event and task data from said server interface and to store said event and task data in said database, to process said event and task data in order to schedule said event and said tasks, and to associate said at least two tasks with said event in said database. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A method that allows an event participant to schedule an event and at least two ancillary products and services associated with said event, said method comprising:
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establishing at least one server having a database of providers of products and services and a processor for processing data received from said event participant; providing a server interface that allows said event participant to access said server to schedule an event and to select among available ancillary products and services associated with said event; receiving via said server interface data relating to an event entered by said event participant; displaying a selection of said products and services from said database to said event participant based on said received event data; receiving selections of said ancillary products and services associated with said event selected by said event participant via said server interface; generating at least one request/order for said selected products and services based on said selection by the event participant; and transmitting said generated request/order to a corresponding product/service provider. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60)
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