Meeting notification and modification service

• US 9,867,014 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2016
• Issued: 01/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Coughlin, Stephen J., Meisels, Adrienne C., Greenberg, Steven E.
• Primary Examiner(s): ARTHUR JEANGLAUD, GERTRUDE
• Application Number:
  US15/006,079
• Publication Number:
  US 20160142882A1
• Time in Patent Office: 715 Days
• Field of Search: 701 25, 701 36, 701408, 701465, 701541
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3438 Rendez-vous, i.e. searching a destination where several users can meet, and the routes to this destination for these users; Ride sharing, i.e. searching a route such that at least two users can share a vehicle for at least part of the route
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/42 Determining position
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063116 Schedule adjustment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like

Abstract

Techniques are described for providing a meeting notification and automatic modification service. A system may be configured to identify an appointment in a calendar application, identify a geographic location of the appointment, and identify, before the appointment time, a geographic location of a first participant of the appointment. Based on the geographic information, the system may identify a route extending from the geographic location of the first participant to the geographic location of the appointment, and may identify a travel time associated with the route. Based on the travel time and the appointment time, the system may determine whether the first participant is estimated to arrive at the appointment on time and, based on the determination, the system may send a message to participants of the appointment or dynamically reschedule the appointment.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying, by at least one processor, a geographic location and a start time associated with an appointment in an electronic calendar associated with a user;

determining a location of a mobile device associated with the user;

determining, based on the location of the mobile device associated with the user, that the user will be late for the appointment; and

based on the determination that the user will be late for the appointment, providing a communication associated with the determination that the user will be late for the appointment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the communication associated with the determination that the user will be late for the appointment comprises providing an alert to the user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the communication associated with the determination that the user will be late for the appointment comprises providing an alert to a second user associated with the appointment.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising providing the location of the mobile device associated with the user to the second user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the communication associated with the determination that the user will be late for the appointment comprises displaying a user interface to the user, the user interface comprising one or more of:

an option to send a message to one or more participants associated with the appointment,

an option to reschedule the appointment, or

an option to change one or more aspects associated with travel to the geographic location associated with the appointment.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

accessing contact information associated with the one or more participants associated with the appointment; and

sending a message to the one or more participants using the accessed contact information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the user will be late for the appointment comprises:

identifying an amount of time remaining until the start time associated with the appointment;

identifying a travel time associated with a route from the location of the mobile device to the geographic location associated with the appointment; and

determining that the travel time exceeds the amount of time remaining until the start time associated with the appointment.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining when the user will arrive at the geographic location associated with the appointment; and

rescheduling the appointment for a time after the user will arrive at the geographic location associated with the appointment.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein providing a communication associated with the determination that the user will be late for the appointment comprises providing updated appointment information to at least one participant of the appointment.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

identifying one or more additional users associated with the appointment;

determining time availability of the one or more additional users; and

automatically rescheduling the appointment based on the time availability of the one or more additional users and a time availability of the user.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising rescheduling, without user input, the appointment based on temporal proximity to geographic locations associated with adjacent appointments associated with the user and the one or more additional users.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to the determination that the user will be late for the appointment, identifying a need to reschedule at least one additional appointment in the electronic calendar associated with the user;

receiving confirmation from the user that the at least one additional appointment should be rescheduled; and

dynamically rescheduling the at least one additional appointment within the electronic calendar in response to the received confirmation.

13. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to;

identify a geographic location and a start time associated with an appointment in an electronic calendar associated with a user;

determine a location of a mobile device associated with the user;

determine, based on the location of the mobile device associated with the user, that the user will be late for the appointment; and

based on the determination that the user will be late for the appointment, provide a communication associated with the determination that the user will be late for the appointment.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium further storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:

provide the communication by providing an alert to a second user associated with the appointment, and

provide the location of the mobile device associated with the user to the second user.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the system is implemented by at least one server that is remote from the mobile device associated with the user.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the system is implemented by the mobile device associated with the user.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium further storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:

determine that multiple participants associated with the appointment will be late for the appointment; and

reschedule, without user input, the appointment to accommodate the multiple participants that will be late for the appointment.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium further storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:

provide the communication associated with the determination that the user will be late for the appointment by displaying a user interface to the user, the user interface comprising one or more of;

an option to send a message to one or more participants associated with the appointment,

an option to reschedule the appointment, or

an option to change one or more aspects associated with travel to the geographic location associated with the appointment;

access contact information associated with the one or more participants associated with the appointment; and

send the message to the one or more participants using the accessed contact information in response to selection of the option to send the message to one or more participants associated with the appointment.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium further storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:

determine when the user will arrive at the geographic location associated with the appointment;

identify one or more additional users associated with the appointment;

determine time availability of the one or more additional users;

reschedule, without user input, the appointment based on the time availability of the one or more additional users and a time availability of the user; and

provide updated appointment information to the user and the one or more additional users.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computer system to:

identify a geographic location and a start time associated with an appointment in a calendar associated with a user;

determine a location of a mobile device associated with the user;

determine, based on the location of the mobile device associated with the user, that the user will be late for the appointment; and

based on the determination that the user will be late for the appointment, provide a communication associated with the determination that the user will be late for the appointment.