System and method for communicating among members of meeting groups

US9654425B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Meetup, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Scott Heiferman · New York, US
• Emilio Andres Glusman · Edgewater, US
• Gary Burns · Brooklyn, US
• Mathew J. Trush · Brooklyn, US
• Michael T. Fives · Brooklyn, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 15, 2013
• Grant date: May 16, 2017
• Expiry date: Sep 13, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L51/52
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for communicating at least one message between users is provided. The method includes the steps of transmitting, to a plurality of users, data configured to display at least one graphical user interface configured to facilitate users to organize and join a plurality of meeting groups associated with a plurality of in-person meetings or events; transmitting, to at least one user of the plurality of users, information identifying at least one predetermined communication; and in response to only a single action performed by the at least one user, transmitting the at least one predetermined communication to at least one other user of the plurality of users.