US 10,219,104 B2Granted

System and method for coordinating meetings between users of a mobile communication network

AssigneeYellowpages.Com LLC

InventorsDavid Lothele Williams, Rohan Koduvayur Krishnan Chandran, Kelvin Voon-Kit Chong, Srinivas A. Mandyam, Krishna Vedati

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Abstract

Systems and methods are provided to coordinate meetings between users of mobile devices on a mobile communications network. Users of the mobile communication network send one another meeting invitations over the network. The system receives the current geospatial position of one or more such users, as well as category selections that relate to attributes of potential meeting locations meetings. The system selects meeting locations for users using the current geospati.al positions of the users and the category selections such that meeting locations are located at a geospati.al positions between the users. The system can additionally select meeting locations that factor in user preferences and historical activities.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

one or more servers accessible from a network via one or more network interfaces;
one or more databases communicatively coupled to the one or more servers, the one or more servers configured to:
identify a first location corresponding to a current location of a first mobile device associated with a first end user of a plurality of end users;
identify a category based at least in part on detected user input as entered in real-time by the first end user into the first mobile device, wherein the category:
(a) relates to a type of location and is identified without a selection of the first end user;
(b) is identified based in part on parsing the user input received via the first mobile device to identify one or more keywords;
and
(c) is identified based at least in part on the one or more keywords;
identify a chain of businesses as a preference of the first end user;
identify first information that is associated with the first end user, the first information comprising one or more of:
profile information relating to the first end user;
interest information relating to interests of the first end user;
historical information relating to past activities of the first end user;
and/or
preference information corresponding to one or more businesses associated with the first end user;
select a second location for proposal for the first end user, the second location corresponding to a first business, wherein the selecting is based at least in part on the first location, the category, identifying the first business as associated with the chain of businesses, and one or more of:
the interest information relating to interests of the first end user;
the historical information relating to past activities of the first end user;
and/or
the preference information corresponding to one or more businesses associated with the first end user;
and
transmit an indication of the second location for proposal to the first mobile device.

19 more elements

One or more non-transitory, machine-readable media having machine-readable instructions thereon, which instructions, when executed by one or more processing devices, cause the processing devices to:

identify a first location corresponding to a current location of a first mobile device associated with a first end user of the plurality of end users;
identify a category based at least in part on detected user input as entered in real-time by the first end user into the first mobile device, wherein the category:
(a) relates to a type of location and is identified without a selection of the first user;
(b) is identified based in part on parsing the user input received via the first mobile device to identify one or more keywords;
and
(c) is identified based at least in part on the one or more keywords;
identify a chain of businesses as a preference of the first end user;
identify first information that is associated with the first end user, the first information comprising one or more of:
profile information relating to the first end user;
interest information relating to interests of the first end user;
historical information relating to past activities of the first end user;
and/or
preference information corresponding to one or more businesses associated with the first end user;
select a second location for proposal for the first end user, the second location corresponding to a first business, wherein the selecting is based at least in part on the first location, the category, identifying the first business as associated with the chain of businesses, and one or more of:
the interest information relating to interests of the first end user;
the historical information relating to past activities of the first end user;
and/or
the preference information corresponding to one or more businesses associated with the first end user;
and
cause transmission of an indication of the second location for proposal to the first mobile device.

17 more elements

A method comprising:

identifying, by one or more servers, a first location corresponding to a current location of a first mobile device associated with a first end user of the plurality of end users;
identifying, by the one or more servers, a category based at least in part on detected user input as entered in real-time by the first end user into the first mobile device, wherein the category:
(a) relates to a type of location and is identified without a selection of the first user;
(b) is identified based in part on parsing the user input received via the first mobile device to identify one or more keywords;
and
(c) is identified based at least in part on the one or more keywords;
identifying, by the one or more servers, a chain of businesses as a preference of the first end user;
identifying, by the one or more servers, first information that is associated with the first end user, the first information comprising one or more of:
profile information relating to the first end user;
interest information relating to interests of the first end user;
historical information relating to past activities of the first end user;
and/or
preference information corresponding to one or more businesses associated with the first end user;
selecting, by the one or more servers, a second location for proposal for the first end user, the second location corresponding to a first business, wherein the selecting is based at least in part on the first location, the category, identifying the first business as associated with the chain of businesses, and one or more of:
the interest information relating to interests of the first end user;
the historical information relating to past activities of the first end user;
and/or
the preference information corresponding to one or more businesses associated with the first end user;
and
causing, by the one or more servers, transmission of an indication of the second location for proposal to the first mobile device.

17 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/820,795Filed 22 Nov 2017 · continuation
Priority: 2 Dec 2011
Published: US 2018/0098189 A15 Apr 2018
Granted: 26 Feb 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H04W 4/023
Services making use of location information: using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets…
G06Q 10/10
Administration; Management: office automation; Time management
H04W 4/02
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services making use of location information
H04W 64/00
Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes

Family

Application13/310,657Parent of this continuation · filed 2 Dec 2011
Application14/459,166Parent of this continuation · filed 13 Aug 2014
US 8,812,021 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 19 Aug 2014
US 2018/0098189 A1Pre-grant publication · published 5 Apr 2018
US 9,872,134 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2013/0143587 A1Published application
US 2015/0031401 A1Published application
US 10,219,104 B2This patent

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