US 2021/0344624 A1Published application

Appointment negotiation systems and methods

AssigneeCalendar Research LLC

InventorMichael Hunter Gray

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Abstract

One embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method that includes sending a negotiating message from a user to one or more invitees using a messaging protocol, the negotiating message comprising one or more plans for a meeting, each plan including a time information and a location information for the meeting. The method further includes receiving, using the messaging protocol, one or more responses from the one or more invitees, the one or more responses indicating an approval or rejection of the one or more plans and determining based at least partially on the one or more responses received from the one or more invitees to book the event based on the received responses from the one or more invitees.

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Dependent claims

A method for scheduling events, comprising:

displaying, by a mobile device for each event of at least two events that are being planned, at least two proposed plans with each proposed plan of the at least two proposed plans including a corresponding proposed time and a corresponding proposed location;
providing a chat screen to allow a user of the mobile device to chat with users of other devices;
receiving a typed chat message in the chat screen by an application on the mobile device;
recognizing, by the application on the mobile device, the typed chat message as having one or more key terms that are predetermined for the application to understand the typed chat message as an additional plan for an event of the at least two events;
and
placing a tentative calendar event in a corresponding calendar system of each of the users of the other devices based on the received chat message.

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Facts

Application: 17/378,624Filed 16 Jul 2021
Priority: 27 Apr 2012
Published: 4 Nov 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H04L 51/046
Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]: interoperability with other network applications or services
G06Q 10/1093
Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting: calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups
H04L 12/1818
For computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms: conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to…
H04L 51/04
User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail: real-time or…

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Application61/639,746Us provisional application · filed 27 Apr 2012
Application13/831,758Continuation in part · filed 15 Mar 2013
Application14/254,786Continuation · filed 16 Apr 2014
Application17/378,624Continuation
Application14/254,786Continuation in part
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