Location aware appointment management application

A mobile device comprising:

• a location based services module configured to determine a location of the mobile device;
• and
• a location tracking application stored in a computer readable medium, the application configured to:
• obtain appointment information comprising appointment date, appointment time, appointment location and another appointment participant;
• estimate a time of arrival of the mobile device at the appointment location;
• and
• determine when the mobile device is estimated to arrive late for the appointment based at least in part on the estimated time of arrival and the appointment time;
• and
• responsive to determining that the mobile device is estimated to arrive late for the appointment, determining an alternate appointment arrangement at which it is estimated that the mobile device and the another appointment participant can arrive on-time.

A location aware appointment management application embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the application comprising computer code adapted to:

• obtain appointment information, the appointment information comprising appointment date, appointment time, appointment location, and a plurality of appointment participants;
• determine a location for at least some of the plurality of appointment participants;
• collect user specific predictive information about at least some of the plurality of appointment participants' travel habits;
• calculate an estimated time of arrival of at least some of the plurality of appointment participants based at least in part on the determined location of the plurality of appointment participants, the appointment location, and the collected specific predictive information;
• determine when at least one of the plurality of appointment participants is estimated to arrive late for the appointment based at least in part on the estimated time of arrival and the appointment time;
• and
• responsive to determining that at least one of the plurality of appointment participants is estimated to arrive late for the appointment, determine alternate appointment information for which it is estimated that the plurality of appointment participants will arrive on time, display the determined alternative appointment information, receive an input from the plurality of appointment participants selecting the displayed alternative appointment information, and make alternative appointment arrangements based on the selected alternative appointment information.