System and method for organizing a plurality of local meeting groups

• US 10,609,084 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2018
• Issued: 03/31/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meetup Incorporated (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Meetup Incorporated (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Pashman, David, Beniflah, Odile, Levine, Jake, Stamas, Nick
• Primary Examiner(s): McNally, Michael S
• Application Number:
  US16/023,213
• Publication Number:
  US 20180309797A1
• Time in Patent Office: 641 Days
• Field of Search: 726 1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/185 with management of multicast group membership
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0807 using tickets, e.g. Kerberos cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using tickets or tokens H04L9/3213
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A system and method for facilitating supervisory control of localized meeting groups is provided. A method includes the steps of generating a master meeting group based on input received from a master organizer, generating a plurality of authentication tickets based on input received from the master organizer of the master meeting group identifying a local organizer for each authentication ticket of the plurality of authentication tickets, transmitting the plurality of authentication tickets to each of the local organizers, authenticating a plurality of local organizers based at least partially on an authentication ticket for each local organizer, and generating a plurality of meeting subgroups associated with the master meeting group based at least partially on the at least one meeting parameter. Each meeting subgroup is associated with at least one local organizer and is generated based at least partially on input received from the at least one local organizer.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating supervisory control of associated subgroups of a master group, comprising:

generating, with at least one processor, a master meeting group based on input received from a master organizer, the input identifying at least one master meeting group parameter;

receiving, from the master organizer, an identification of at least one existing meeting group, the at least one existing meeting group having a meeting group organizer;

generating, with at least one processor, an authentication ticket based on the input received from the master organizer of the master meeting group;

transmitting the authentication ticket to the meeting group organizer for an existing meeting group of the at least one existing meeting group, the authentication ticket configured to be selected by the meeting group organizer through a device;

in response to the meeting group organizer selecting the authentication ticket, authorizing, with at least one processor, the meeting group organizer to affiliate the existing meeting group with the master group;

affiliating, with at least one processor, the existing meeting group with the master group based on input received from the meeting group organizer and in response to;

receiving, from the organizer of the master meeting group, a fee payment for affiliating the existing meeting group; and

applying the at least a portion of the fee payment to the existing meeting group after the meeting group organizer selects the authentication ticket; and

controlling, with at least one processor, the existing meeting group based on input from the meeting group organizer and the master organizer.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the authentication ticket comprises a link, the link including a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and a token.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the token can only be used to authorize a user once.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to the meeting group organizer selecting the authentication ticket, displaying, with at least one processor, at least one ticket redemption graphical user interface on the device, wherein the input from the meeting group organizer is received through the at least one ticket redemption graphical user interface.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the at least one ticket redemption graphical user interface comprises a selectable option to create a new meeting group affiliated with the master group or to affiliate the existing meeting group with the master group.

6. A system for facilitating supervisory control of associated subgroups of a master group, comprising at least one processor programmed or configured to:

generate a master meeting group based on input received from a master organizer, the input identifying at least one master meeting group parameter;

receive, from the master organizer, an identification of at least one existing meeting group, the at least one existing meeting group having a meeting group organizer;

generate an authentication ticket based on the input received from the master organizer of the master meeting group;

transmit the authentication ticket to the meeting group organizer for an existing meeting group of the at least one existing meeting group, the authentication ticket configured to be selected by the meeting group organizer through a device;

in response to the meeting group organizer selecting the authentication ticket;

authorize the meeting group organizer to affiliate the existing meeting group with the master group, and

display at least one ticket redemption graphical user interface on the device, wherein the input from the meeting group organizer is received through the at least one ticket redemption graphical user interface,

wherein the at least one ticket redemption graphical user interface comprises a selectable option to create a new meeting group affiliated with the master group or to affiliate the existing meeting group with the master group;

affiliate the existing meeting group with the master group based on input received from the meeting group organizer; and

control the existing meeting group based on input from the meeting group organizer and the master organizer.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the authentication ticket comprises a link, the link including a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and a token.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the token can only be used to authorize a user once.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein a meeting group platform affiliates the existing meeting group with the master group in response to a fee payment being received, and wherein the processor is further programmed or configured to:

receive, from the organizer of the master meeting group, at least a portion of the fee payment for affiliating the existing meeting group; and

apply the at least a portion of the fee payment to the existing meeting group after the meeting group organizer selects the authentication ticket.

10. A computer program product for facilitating supervisory control of associated subgroups of a master group, comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium including program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

generate a master meeting group based on input received from a master organizer, the input identifying at least one master meeting group parameter;

receive, from the master organizer, an identification of at least one existing meeting group, the at least one existing meeting group having a meeting group organizer;

generate an authentication ticket based on the input received from the master organizer of the master meeting group;

transmit the authentication ticket to the meeting group organizer for an existing meeting group of the at least one existing meeting group, the authentication ticket configured to be selected by the meeting group organizer through a device;

in response to the meeting group organizer selecting the authentication ticket;

authorize the meeting group organizer to affiliate the existing meeting group with the master group, and

display at least one ticket redemption graphical user interface on the device, wherein the input from the meeting group organizer is received through the at least one ticket redemption graphical user interface,

wherein the at least one ticket redemption graphical user interface comprises a selectable option to create a new meeting group affiliated with the master group or to affiliate the existing meeting group with the master group;

affiliate the existing meeting group with the master group based on input received from the meeting group organizer; and

control the existing meeting group based on input from the meeting group organizer and the master organizer.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the authentication ticket comprises a link, the link including a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and a token.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the token can only be used to authorize a user once.

13. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein a meeting group platform affiliates the existing meeting group with the master group in response to a fee payment being received, and wherein the program instructions further cause the at least one processor to:

receive, from the organizer of the master meeting group, at least a portion of the fee payment for affiliating the existing meeting group; and

apply the at least a portion of the fee payment to the existing meeting group after the meeting group organizer selects the authentication ticket.