Patent ID: 8601061
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for sending a notification of a meeting, the method comprising: identifying, by a processor using information stored in a group profile, when a number of users, in a plurality of users requesting the notification of the meeting, is within a threshold distance; providing, by the processor, using topics selected from one of a set of user profiles and the group profile, a list of topics for the meeting to the number of users; receiving, by the processor, information regarding which topics from the list of topics which users in the number of users will attend; identifying, by the processor, an updated number of users that will attend a particular topic for the meeting from the information; determining, by the processor using information stored in the group profile, whether the updated number of users is less than the threshold number for the particular topic; responsive to determining, by the processor, that the updated number of users is less than the threshold number for the particular topic, sending, by the communication unit responsive to the processor using device identifiers maintained in the group profile, a cancellation notification for the particular topic for the meeting to the updated number of users; responsive to identifying, by the processor using information stored in the group profile, that the updated number of users in the plurality of users is within the threshold distance, determining, by the processor using information stored in the group profile, whether the updated number of users is greater than or equal to a threshold number of the plurality of users needed to have the meeting; and responsive to determining that the updated number of users is greater than or equal to the threshold number, sending, by a communication unit responsive to the processor using device identifiers maintained in the group profile, the notification of the meeting to the updated number of the users.