Deposition automation system and method

A computer implemented method for tracking and alerting meeting participants, comprising:

• storing a list of scheduled meetings in a database in association with corresponding meeting times, meeting locations, meeting participants, and mobile device numbers associated with the meeting participants;
• continuously monitoring the list of scheduled meetings;
• identifying a scheduled meeting in the list of scheduled meetings as an upcoming meeting when a current time is within a first predetermined lead-time of a meeting time corresponding to the scheduled meeting;
• transmitting a location request signal to the mobile device number corresponding to the predetermined meeting participant in the database;
• and
• receiving a location report signal from the mobile device number corresponding to the predetermined meeting participant in the database, wherein the location report signal comprises a present location coordinate automatically generated by a global positioning system receiver in the wireless device in response to the location request signal;
• determining an estimated travel time between the present location of the predetermined meeting participant and the meeting location based on the present location coordinate;
• determining whether, at a second pre-determined lead time greater than the estimated travel time prior to the meeting time corresponding to the upcoming meeting, a first check-in message from the predetermined meeting participant has been received indicating that the predetermined meeting participant is aware of upcoming meeting;
• and
• in response to determining whether the first check-in message has been received, when the first check-in message has not been received by the second predetermined lead time, transmitting a first notification to the predetermined meeting participant when the estimated travel time is within the second predetermined lead-time of the meeting time corresponding to the upcoming meeting.

A system comprising:

• a computer processor operatively coupled to a user interface;
• a database in communication with the computer processor, the database comprising memory storing a meeting schedule, the meeting schedule comprising a meeting time, a meeting geographical location, and a listing of one or more meeting participants for each of a plurality of meetings;
• wireless transceiver circuitry coupled in electronic communication with the computer processor;
• and
• a participant tracking engine executing on the computer processor, the participant tracking engine configured to:
• store a list of scheduled meetings in the database in association with corresponding meeting times, meeting locations, meeting participants, and mobile device numbers associated with the meeting participants;
• continuously monitor the list of scheduled meetings;
• identify a scheduled meeting in the list of scheduled meetings as an upcoming meeting when a current time is within a first predetermined lead-time of a meeting time corresponding to the scheduled meeting;
• determine a present location of a predetermined meeting participant associated with the upcoming meeting;
• determine an estimated travel time between the present location of the predetermined meeting participant and the meeting location based on the present location coordinate;
• and
• transmit a first notification to the predetermined meeting participant via the wireless transceiver circuitry when the estimated travel time is within a second predetermined lead-time of the meeting time corresponding to the upcoming meeting.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code embedded thereon, the program code executable in a computer system to perform a method comprising:

• storing a list of scheduled meetings in a database in association with corresponding meeting times, meeting locations, meeting participants, and mobile device numbers associated with the meeting participants;
• continuously monitoring the list of scheduled meetings;
• identifying a scheduled meeting in the list of scheduled meetings as an upcoming meeting when a current time is within a first predetermined lead-time of a meeting time corresponding to the scheduled meeting;
• determining a present location of a predetermined meeting participant associated with the upcoming meeting;
• determining an estimated travel time between the present location of the predetermined meeting participant and the meeting location based on the present location coordinate;
• and
• transmitting a first notification to the predetermined meeting participant when the estimated travel time is within a second predetermined lead-time of the meeting time corresponding to the upcoming meeting

A computer implemented method executable on a mobile device for tracking meeting participants, the method comprising:

• receiving a first notification by a mobile device associated with a predetermined meeting participant in a database when an estimated travel time between a location of the mobile device and the meeting is within a predetermined lead-time of a meeting time corresponding to an upcoming meeting in the database;
• receiving a location request signal by the mobile device;
• and
• transmitting a location report signal from the mobile device in response to the location request signal, wherein the location report signal comprises a present location coordinate automatically generated by a global positioning system receiver in the mobile device.