Social network for travelers with layovers
US8341162B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 19, 2007 |
| Grant date | Dec 25, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/02
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An application for a computer system providing a social network for traveling people includes social network software executing on a server computer for providing social network functions. The social network software maintains a list of members and, for each member, maintains a list of buddies of the member, the buddies also being in the list of members. At least one schedule is available, either internal to the social network or external to the social network and extraction software extracts layover data from the schedule(s) and analysis software finds members with layovers in the layover data. Notification software notifies the member with the layover of the overlapping layover in which the member and a buddy of the member has an overlapping layover
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