Computer system and method for handling encounters

US8195495B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Networking Research Group, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Adam Fendelman · Chicago, US
• Josh K. Metnick · Chicago, US
• Brad Spirrison · Chicago, US
• Kevin Sours · Gardena, US
• Tien-Min Yuan · Hsinchu, TW
• Thomas Johnson · Bristol, GB
• Chris Kuehn · Champaign, US
• Aaron Tubbs · Norwalk, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 1, 2005
• Grant date: Jun 5, 2012
• Expiry date: Oct 15, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/1093
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method of computing to produce a schedule of meetings, the method including: entering into a computer parameters defining an event of meetings of members; entering into the computer a data set for each of the members, the set including: at least one classification characterizing the member, at least one classification for meeting other of the members, and if more than one classification for meeting is entered, a corresponding ranking of the classifications for meeting the other members; and generating a schedule of the meetings for the members by using the classifications and the rankings, if any.