Patent ID: 9264462
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for confirming attendance for in-person meetings or events, comprising: transmitting, to a plurality of user terminals, 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; receiving, from at least one user terminal of the plurality of user terminals, a first conditional confirmation of attendance for at least one in-person meeting or event, the first conditional confirmation comprising a first threshold number of attendees; receiving, from at least one other user terminal of the plurality of user terminals, a second conditional confirmation of attendance for the at least one in-person meeting or event, the second conditional confirmation comprising a second threshold number of attendees; receiving, from at least a portion of the plurality of user terminals, confirmations of attendance for the at least one in-person meeting or event, wherein the confirmations of attendance comprise conditional confirmations and non-conditional confirmations; monitoring a number of non-conditional confirmations of attendance received for the at least one in-person meeting or event; modifying the first conditional confirmation of attendance to a non-conditional confirmation of attendance when a number of non-conditional confirmations of attendance received equal or exceed the first threshold number of attendees; incrementing the number of non-conditional confirmations of attendance after modifying the first conditional confirmation of attendance; modifying the second conditional confirmation of attendance to a non-conditional confirmation of attendance when the number of non-conditional confirmations of attendance received equal or exceed the second threshold number of attendees; and incrementing the number of non-conditional confirmations of attendance again after modifying the second conditional confirmation of attendance.