Patent ID: 7822628

Claim:
A planner apparatus for building at least one assigned-time event plan correspondent to a request of a non-attendee meeting requester, comprising: a project management module, wherein at least one information item pertaining to one of a plurality of event parameter sets, including an assigned time associated with the at least one assigned-time event plan, is received from the non-attendee meeting requester, wherein at least some event parameters of the event parameter sets have associated business rules restricting planner selection of others of the event parameters of the event parameter sets in combination with the business rule associated event parameters; an event logistics module, wherein ones of event parameters from the plurality of event parameter sets for at least recruiting of individuals for attendance at said event, selection of venue and speakers for said event, and travel logistics for said event, in accordance with said at least one information item, are presented for selection by a meeting planner based on the assigned time event request from the non-attendee meeting requestor outside of control of the non-attendee meeting requestor and event planner selection of at least one of the presented events parameters is restricted by at least one of the business rules; at least one database, wherein the at least one information item, and wherein the event parameters of the plurality of event parameter sets for said recruiting, venue, speakers, and travel logistics are stored; a fulfillment request module, wherein fulfillment of the assigned-time event plan of a meeting is performed based on selections of the event parameters from each of the ones of the plurality of event parameter sets, wherein said at least one database limits eligible ones of the event parameters of each of the plurality of event parameter sets for the at least one information item, and subsequently selectable ones of the event parameters, based on a hierarchical rule set unique to the interdependencies between the at least one information item, each of the event parameters, and each of the plurality of event parameter sets for selection, and wherein each selection of one of the eligible event parameters effectuates a variation in the presentation at the event logistics module to the meeting planner of others of the event parameters; a reporting module, wherein data associated with said assigned-time event plan, in accordance with said at least one information item and at least one event parameter, is provided to the meeting requestor.