Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Event planning within social networks
- Patent Title (中): 社交网络中的活动策划
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Application No.: US12956162Application Date: 2010-11-30
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Publication No.: US09253615B2Publication Date: 2016-02-02
- Inventor: Steve Ickman , Lili Cheng , Matthew Bret MacLaurin , Christian James Colando , Eric Steven Anderson , David Arthur Raskino
- Applicant: Steve Ickman , Lili Cheng , Matthew Bret MacLaurin , Christian James Colando , Eric Steven Anderson , David Arthur Raskino
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agent Steve Wight; Doug Barker; Micky Minhas
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; H04W4/20 ; G06Q10/10

Abstract:
Social networks often permit users to create events, and to invite one or more contacts of the user to as guests. However, conventional social networks may not sufficiently facilitate users in planning an event for which one or more event details are to be determined. According to the techniques presented herein, a social network may permit users to create an event plan, and may permit guests to submit event plan suggestions for various event plan details of the event plan. The social network may also assist the guests in selecting among the event plan suggestions, e.g., by accepting and tallying votes by the guests among alternative event plan suggestions, by providing event plan suggestions based on search engine results, and by presenting maps of event plan suggestions involving locations. The social network may also accept RSVPs, and may notify guests once a guest arrives at a location of the event.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120136689A1 EVENT PLANNING WITHIN SOCIAL NETWORKS Public/Granted day:2012-05-31
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