Patent ID: 8276081

Claim:
A method for arranging meetings between two or more users, comprising: receiving by a server a request from a first user over a network to create an invitation for a proposed meeting; determining whether one or more rules associated with invitation creation apply to the request from the first user to create the invitation; processing the request if all rules determined to be applicable are satisfied; and denying the request if one or more rules determined to be applicable are not satisfied; wherein: said invitation includes general location information and specific location information for said proposed meeting; said server allows other users to view the general location information but not the specific location information before accepting the invitation; and said server allows the specific location information to be viewed only by users who have accepted the invitation and have been approved by the first user; and wherein (a) said method is performed using one or more computer devices, (b) said first user and said other users do not know each other before said request is received by said server to create said invitation, and (c) said specific location of the meeting is (i) emailed by said server to said users who have accepted the invitation when approved by the first user and/or (ii) viewable via a website by said users who have accepted the invitation when approved by the first user.