Systems and methods for monitoring and notification of meeting participant location
First Claim
1. A system for providing notification of a location of a meeting participant, the system comprising:
- receiving means for receiving a location signal that represents a current location of a specified meeting participant;
a data store that contains meeting location data that represents a meeting location, and distance data that represents a specified distance from the meeting location, the meeting location data and the distance data being provided by a user of the system, the user being different than the meeting participant, the data store including a plurality of contacts associated with each meeting participant and communication pathways associated with each contact; and
transmission means for transmitting a notification message to the plurality of contacts via the communication pathways if the current location of the meeting participant is within the specified distance from the meeting location.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for notifying a user that a meeting participant is within a specified distance of a meeting location are disclosed. A method according to the invention includes receiving a location signal that represents a current location of a meeting participant, storing meeting location data that represents a meeting location and distance data that represents a specified distance from the meeting location, determining from the location signal, the meeting location data, and the distance data whether the current location of the meeting participant is within the specified distance from the meeting location, and transmitting a notification message if the current location of the meeting participant is within the specified distance from the meeting location.
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14 Claims
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1. A system for providing notification of a location of a meeting participant, the system comprising:
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receiving means for receiving a location signal that represents a current location of a specified meeting participant; a data store that contains meeting location data that represents a meeting location, and distance data that represents a specified distance from the meeting location, the meeting location data and the distance data being provided by a user of the system, the user being different than the meeting participant, the data store including a plurality of contacts associated with each meeting participant and communication pathways associated with each contact; and transmission means for transmitting a notification message to the plurality of contacts via the communication pathways if the current location of the meeting participant is within the specified distance from the meeting location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for providing notification of a location of a meeting participant, the system comprising:
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means for determining whether any of a plurality of meeting participants specified by a user of the system is within a respective specified distance of a meeting location; means for storing meeting location data that represents the meeting location, and distance data that represents the specified distance from the meeting location, the meeting location data and the distance data being provided by a user of the system, the user being different than the meeting participant the data store including a plurality of contacts associated with each meeting participant and communication pathways associated with each contact; and means for notifying the plurality of contacts via the communication pathways if any of the specified meeting participants is within the respective specified distance of the meeting location, the user being different than the meeting participant.
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13. A method for providing notification of a location of a meeting participant, the method comprising:
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receiving a location signal that represents a current location of a meeting participant specified by a user; storing meeting location data that represents a meeting location, and distance data that represents a specified distance from the meeting location, wherein the location data and distance data are provided by a user; storing a plurality of contacts associated with each meeting participant and communication pathways associated with each contact; determining from the location signal, the meeting location data, and the distance data whether the current location of the meeting participant is within the specified distance from the meeting location; and transmitting a notification message to the plurality of contacts via the communication pathways if the current location of the meeting participant is within the specified distance from the meeting location, the user being different than the meeting participant.
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14. A method for providing notification of a location of a meeting participant, the method comprising:
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receiving a respective location signal that represents a respective current location of each of a plurality of meeting participants specified by a user; storing meeting location data that represents a meeting location, and distance data that represents a specified distance from the meeting location; storing a plurality of contacts associated with each meeting participant and communication pathways associated with each contact; determining from the respective location signals, the meeting location data, and the distance data whether the respective current location of any of the meeting participants is within the specified distance from the meeting location; and transmitting a notification message to the plurality of contacts via the communication pathways if the respective current location of any of the meeting participants is within the specified distance from the meeting location, the user being different than the meeting participant.
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