# US 2021/0344624 A1 · Appointment negotiation systems and methods > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0344624 A1 - Document ID: US20210344624A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/378,624 - Filed: 2021-07-16 - Published: 2021-11-04 - Earliest claimed: 2012-04-27 - Assignees: Calendar Research LLC - Applicants: Calendar Research LLC - Inventors: Michael Hunter Gray - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210344624A1 ## CPC - H04L 51/046: Interoperability with other network applications or services - G06Q 10/1093: Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups - H04L 12/1818: {Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties} - H04L 51/04: Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the typed chat message includes the one or more key terms, a proposed time for the event, and a proposed location for the event. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: displaying, by the mobile device for the event, an image of each invitee to the event; displaying, by the mobile device for each invitee that has indicated they will attend the event, a corresponding identifier next to their image specifying that they will attend the event; and displaying, by the mobile device for each invitee that has indicated they will not attend the event, a corresponding identifier next to their image specifying that they will not attend the event. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the application provides a separate chat screen for each event of the at least two events. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: displaying, by the mobile device for each event of the at least two events that are being planned, a corresponding picture of a corresponding host along with a symbol indicating that they are the corresponding host. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving votes from the users of the other devices regarding the additional plan for the event. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, booking the additional plan for the event once a majority of the users of the other devices have voted to accept the additional plan. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein a vote of particular user of the users is weighted greater than a vote of another user of the users in order to give the particular user a higher priority in determining whether the additional plan is booked. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: displaying, by the mobile device, a location choice screen; using, by the mobile device, a current geo-location of the mobile device to display a location indicator on a map within the location choice screen; and displaying, by the mobile device, one or more other locations that have been previously selected by the user of the mobile device on the location choice screen along with the map. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising: receiving, by the mobile device in the location choice screen, a selection of a location from among said one or more other locations to suggest the location as a venue for a particular event.