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US 2009/0222291 A1Published application
System and method for coordinated scheduling
OwnerVincent Montavon, Georg Puchta +1inventors
InventorsVincent Montavon, Georg Puchta, Carl J. Rohling
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Abstract
A schedule-coordination system and method that analyzes schedules of a plurality of users and detects schedule overlaps between the users. A first user can be proactively alerted to a schedule overlap with a second user, depending upon registration records of the first and second users. The system and method can also optimize the coordination of a user's schedule by facilitating changes to the schedule.
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A system for coordinating schedules, comprising:
- a plurality of registered users;
- a plurality of user registration records;
- a plurality of itineraries;
- and
- a processor adapted to detect, responsive to the user registration records and the itineraries, a schedule overlap;
- wherein each user registration record corresponds to a registered user;
- wherein each itinerary corresponds to a registered user;
- wherein each itinerary comprises at least one arrival and at least one departure;
- wherein each arrival comprises a corresponding arrival date and time and a corresponding arrival location;
- wherein each departure comprises a corresponding departure date and time and a corresponding departure location;
- and
- wherein the schedule overlap comprises a span of chronological and geographic coordinates in which two or more of the itineraries meet both a predetermined geographic proximity criterion and a predetermined chronological proximity criterion.
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A process for coordinating schedules, comprising the steps of:
- registering a plurality of registered users;
- providing a plurality of user registration records;
- providing a plurality of itineraries;
- and
- detecting and notating, responsive to the user registration records and the itineraries, a schedule overlap, wherein a notation associates the schedule overlap with at least two registered users and with at least one itinerary for each of the associated registered users, and wherein each associated itinerary corresponds to one of the associated registered users;
- and
- instantiating the notation in a computer-usable medium;
- wherein each user registration record corresponds to a registered user;
- wherein each itinerary corresponds to a registered user;
- wherein each itinerary comprises at least one arrival and at least one departure;
- wherein each arrival comprises a corresponding arrival date and time and a corresponding arrival location;
- wherein each departure comprises a corresponding departure date and time and a corresponding departure location;
- and
- wherein the schedule overlap comprises a span of chronological and geographic coordinates in which two or more of the itineraries meet both a predetermined geographic proximity criterion and a predetermined chronological proximity criterion.
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A system for coordinating schedules, comprising:
- a plurality of registered users;
- a plurality of user registration records;
- a plurality of itineraries;
- and
- a processor adapted to detect and notate, responsive to the user registration records and the itineraries, a schedule overlap, and instantiate the notation in a computer-usable medium;
- wherein a notation associates the schedule overlap with at least two registered users and with at least one itinerary for each of the associated registered users, and wherein each associated itinerary corresponds to one of the associated registered users;
- wherein each user registration record corresponds to a registered user;
- wherein each itinerary corresponds to a registered user;
- wherein each itinerary comprises at least one arrival and at least one departure;
- wherein each arrival comprises a corresponding arrival date and time and a corresponding arrival location;
- wherein each departure comprises a corresponding departure date and time and a corresponding departure location;
- and
- wherein the schedule overlap comprises a span of chronological and geographic coordinates in which two or more of the itineraries meet both a predetermined geographic proximity criterion and a predetermined chronological proximity criterion.
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