DYNAMIC GROUP AND EVENT UPDATE METHOD IN PHONE BASED IMPROMPTU MEET-UP APP

• US 20130282833A1
• Filed: 04/18/2012
• Published: 10/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Forsgren, Bryant K., Teplitsky, Simon, Chattopadhyay, Biplab, Bhattacharya, Sanghamitra, Kanumuri, Sreeram
• Granted Patent: US 9,692,795 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4038 with floor control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

This disclosure relates to generating a group of invitees in a wireless communication system. An embodiment of the disclosure receives criteria for an event from an organizer of the event, compares the criteria to contact information of each contact of a plurality of contacts, assigns a recommendation ranking to each contact based on the comparison of the criteria to the contact information for each contact, and displays a subset of the plurality of contacts sorted according to the recommendation ranking.

Claims

1. A method for generating a group of invitees in a wireless communication system comprising:

receiving criteria for an event from an organizer of the event;

comparing the criteria to contact information of each contact of a plurality of contacts;

assigning a recommendation ranking to each contact based on the comparison of the criteria to the contact information for each contact; and

displaying a subset of the plurality of contacts sorted according to the recommendation ranking.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

recommending the subset of the plurality of contacts as the group of invitees.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a selection of contacts from the subset of the plurality of contacts as the group of invitees.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending an invitation to the group of invitees, the invitation including the received criteria.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the organizer performs the sending, and wherein the invitation comprises a plurality of different types of invitations.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the plurality of different types of invitations comprise one or more of a short message service message, a media message, an email, a voicemail, and a regular circuit-switched or packet-switched call.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the event is one of a movie, dinner, sports activity, sporting event, sale offer, bid request, and meeting.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the criteria is one or more of an event category, name, time, date, location, description, type, purpose, minimum number of invitees, maximum number of invitees, relationship of invitee, strength of the criteria, and freeze time.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the freeze time is one of a time by which the invitees must respond to the invitation, a threshold number of invitees that must respond, a threshold number of invitees that must accept, and a threshold number of invitees that must accept or conditionally accept.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the contact information is one or more of a contact'"'"'s present information, history, and user preferences.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the contact'"'"'s present information comprises one or more of the contact'"'"'s location, age, gender, relationship to the organizer, profession, current online status, and calendar status.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the contact'"'"'s history comprises one or more of a number of times the organizer invited the contact to similar events, a number of times the organizer chose not to invite the contact when presented with the contact as a prospective invitee, a number of times the contact accepted an invitation, a number of times the contact has been to a location, and a number of times the organizer has called or messaged the contact.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the contact'"'"'s user preferences are related to the criteria of the event.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the contact'"'"'s user preferences comprise one or more of a type of food the contact prefers, a type of movie the contact prefers, whether the contact is a vegetarian, the contact'"'"'s favorite sports team(s), and the contact'"'"'s preferred means of contact.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein one or more of the contact'"'"'s user preferences are obtained from the contact'"'"'s conversation history with the organizer and/or social networking posts, blog posts, or microblog posts received at the organizer'"'"'s wireless device.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparing comprises:

retrieving the contact information of each contact of the plurality of contacts; and

searching the contact information of each contact for keywords matching the criteria of the event.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the assigning comprises:

assigning a weight to each criteria for the event;

aggregating the weights of each criteria matching the contact information; and

assigning the recommendation ranking to each contact based on the aggregation of the weights for the contact information of each contact.

18. An apparatus for generating a group of invitees in a wireless communication system comprising:

logic configured to receive criteria for an event from an organizer of the event;

logic configured to compare the criteria to contact information of each contact of a plurality of contacts;

logic configured to assign a recommendation ranking to each contact based on the comparison of the criteria to the contact information for each contact; and

logic configured to display a subset of the plurality of contacts sorted according to the recommendation ranking.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising:

logic configured to recommend the subset of the plurality of contacts as the group of invitees.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising:

logic configured to receive a selection of contacts from the subset of the plurality of contacts as the group of invitees.

21. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising:

logic configured to send an invitation to the group of invitees, the invitation including the received criteria.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the organizer performs the sending, and wherein the invitation comprises a plurality of different types of invitations.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the plurality of different types of invitations comprise one or more of a short message service message, a media message, an email, a voicemail, and a regular circuit-switched or packet-switched call.

24. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the event is one of a movie, dinner, sports activity, sporting event, sale offer, bid request, and meeting.

25. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the criteria is one or more of an event category, name, time, date, location, description, type, purpose, minimum number of invitees, maximum number of invitees, relationship of invitee, strength of the criteria, and freeze time.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the freeze time is one of a time by which the invitees must respond to the invitation, a threshold number of invitees that must respond, a threshold number of invitees that must accept, and a threshold number of invitees that must accept or conditionally accept.

27. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the contact information is one or more of a contact'"'"'s present information, history, and user preferences.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the contact'"'"'s present information comprises one or more of the contact'"'"'s location, age, gender, relationship to the organizer, profession, current online status, and calendar status.

29. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the contact'"'"'s history comprises one or more of a number of times the organizer invited the contact to similar events, a number of times the organizer chose not to invite the contact when presented with the contact as a prospective invitee, a number of times the contact accepted an invitation, a number of times the contact has been to a location, and a number of times the organizer has called or messaged the contact.

30. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the contact'"'"'s user preferences are related to the criteria of the event.

31. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the contact'"'"'s user preferences comprise one or more of a type of food the contact prefers, a type of movie the contact prefers, whether the contact is a vegetarian, the contact'"'"'s favorite sports team(s), and the contact'"'"'s preferred means of contact.

32. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein one or more of the contact'"'"'s user preferences are obtained from the contact'"'"'s conversation history with the organizer and/or social networking posts, blog posts, or microblog posts received at the organizer'"'"'s wireless device.

33. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the logic configured to compare comprises:

logic configured to retrieve the contact information of each contact of the plurality of contacts; and

logic configured to search the contact information of each contact for keywords matching the criteria of the event.

34. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the logic configured to assign comprises:

logic configured to assign a weight to each criteria for the event;

logic configured to aggregate the weights of each criteria matching the contact information; and

logic configured to assign the recommendation ranking to each contact based on the aggregation of the weights for the contact information of each contact.

35. An apparatus for generating a group of invitees in a wireless communication system comprising:

means for receiving criteria for an event from an organizer of the event;

means for comparing the criteria to contact information of each contact of a plurality of contacts;

means for assigning a recommendation ranking to each contact based on the comparison of the criteria to the contact information for each contact; and

means for displaying a subset of the plurality of contacts sorted according to the recommendation ranking.

36. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for generating a group of invitees in a wireless communication system comprising:

at least one instruction for receiving criteria for an event from an organizer of the event;

at least one instruction for comparing the criteria to contact information of each contact of a plurality of contacts;

at least one instruction for assigning a recommendation ranking to each contact based on the comparison of the criteria to the contact information for each contact; and

at least one instruction for displaying a subset of the plurality of contacts sorted according to the recommendation ranking.

37. A method for recommending updates to an event in a wireless communication system comprising:

receiving, from a plurality of respondents, a plurality of responses to an invitation for the event having one or more criteria;

analyzing contact information of each respondent of the plurality of respondents to determine whether the one or more criteria should be updated; and

recommending to an organizer of the event that at least one criteria of the one or more criteria for the event be updated.

38. The method of claim 37, wherein the plurality of responses comprise one or more of a short message service message, a media message, an email, a voicemail, and a regular circuit-switched or packet-switched call.

39. The method of claim 37, wherein each of the plurality of responses may be one of an acceptance, a conditional acceptance, and a rejection.

40. The method of claim 39, wherein a conditional acceptance includes a proposed change to at least one of the one or more criteria of the event.

41. The method of claim 37, wherein one of the one or more criteria is a freeze time for the event, wherein the freeze time is a time after which no further responses will be considered in updating the one or more criteria.

42. The method of claim 37, wherein the analyzing comprises:

retrieving the contact information of each respondent of the plurality of respondents;

determining that a preference for one of the one or more criteria is shared by a majority of the respondents and the preference is different from the criteria.

43. The method of claim 42, wherein the majority of the respondents is a majority of the respondents that have accepted the invitation.

44. The method of claim 37, further comprising:

analyzing the plurality of responses to determine whether the one or more criteria should be updated.

45. The method of claim 44, wherein the analyzing the plurality of responses comprises:

determining whether a majority of the responses include a preference for a different value for at least one of the one or more criteria.

46. The method of claim 37, further comprising:

updating at least one criteria of the one or more criteria for the event based on the recommendation.

47. The method of claim 37, further comprising:

sending a confirmation message to the plurality of respondents, the confirmation message including any changes to the one or more criteria of the event.

48. An apparatus for recommending updates to an event in a wireless communication system comprising:

logic configured to receive, from a plurality of respondents, a plurality of responses to an invitation for the event having one or more criteria;

logic configured to analyze contact information of each respondent of the plurality of respondents to determine whether the one or more criteria should be updated; and

logic configured to recommend to an organizer of the event that at least one criteria of the one or more criteria for the event be updated.

49. The apparatus of claim 48, wherein the plurality of responses comprise one or more of a short message service message, a media message, an email, a voicemail, and a regular circuit-switched or packet-switched call.

50. The apparatus of claim 48, wherein each of the plurality of responses may be one of an acceptance, a conditional acceptance, and a rejection.

51. The apparatus of claim 50, wherein a conditional acceptance includes a proposed change to at least one of the one or more criteria of the event.

52. The apparatus of claim 48, wherein one of the one or more criteria is a freeze time for the event, wherein the freeze time is a time after which no further responses will be considered in updating the one or more criteria.

53. The apparatus of claim 48, wherein the logic configured to analyze comprises:

logic configured to retrieve the contact information of each respondent of the plurality of respondents;

logic configured to determine that a preference for one of the one or more criteria is shared by a majority of the respondents and the preference is different from the criteria.

54. The apparatus of claim 53, wherein the majority of the respondents is a majority of the respondents that have accepted the invitation.

55. The apparatus of claim 48, further comprising:

logic configured to analyze the plurality of responses to determine whether the one or more criteria should be updated.

56. The apparatus of claim 55, wherein the logic configured to analyze the plurality of responses comprises:

logic configured to determine whether a majority of the responses include a preference for a different value for at least one of the one or more criteria.

57. The apparatus of claim 48, further comprising:

logic configured to update at least one criteria of the one or more criteria for the event based on the recommendation.

58. The apparatus of claim 48, further comprising:

logic configured to send a confirmation message to the plurality of respondents, the confirmation message including any changes to the one or more criteria of the event.

59. An apparatus for recommending updates to an event in a wireless communication system comprising:

means for receiving, from a plurality of respondents, a plurality of responses to an invitation for the event having one or more criteria;

means for analyzing contact information of each respondent of the plurality of respondents to determine whether the one or more criteria should be updated; and

means for recommending to an organizer of the event that at least one criteria of the one or more criteria for the event be updated.

60. A non-transitory computer-readable for recommending updates to an event in a wireless communication system comprising:

at least one instruction for receiving, from a plurality of respondents, a plurality of responses to an invitation for the event having one or more criteria;

at least one instruction for analyzing contact information of each respondent of the plurality of respondents to determine whether the one or more criteria should be updated; and

at least one instruction for recommending to an organizer of the event that at least one criteria of the one or more criteria for the event be updated.