Location enhanced meetings and collaboration

US9146115B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9146115-B2
Application numberUS-201113275345-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateOct 18, 2011
Priority dateOct 18, 2011
Publication dateSep 29, 2015
Grant dateSep 29, 2015

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A location enhanced meeting service (“LEM Service”) may provide a geographical based map indicating meeting locations for a selected day. The user can view locations of meetings for a scheduled day, along with travel times. Conditions impacting travel time may be provided to the user along with updated estimated travel times and suggested alternative routes. The scale of the map may be based on the geographical diversity of the attendees. A user can view a location enhanced meeting map for particular meeting, and obtain directions to the meeting. The user can also request to view attendee's locations to the meeting on the map prior to the meeting. If an attendee is expected to be late, the user may establish a voice conference with that attendee. If a user is expected to be late to a meeting, the user may provide a notification to the other attendees of the meeting.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A system for providing location enhanced meeting information, comprising: a memory storing meeting location information for a user; and a processor configured to receive a request for a location enhanced meeting map for a meeting, wherein the processor is configured to determine a time period between a current time and a starting time of the meeting, determine the time period is below a threshold, query a location server for a location of an att…

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What does patent US9146115B2 cover?
A location enhanced meeting service (“LEM Service”) may provide a geographical based map indicating meeting locations for a selected day. The user can view locations of meetings for a scheduled day, along with travel times. Conditions impacting travel time may be provided to the user along with updated estimated travel times and suggested alternative routes. The scale of the map may be based on…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Geffner Steven Paul, Caldwell Gary, Coplen C Joe, and 4 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G01C21/20. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Sep 29 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).