COLLABORATION AND TRAVEL ECOSYSTEM
Methods, systems and apparatuses related to providing, among other things, a collaboration and travel ecosystem are discussed herein. For example, various tools and functionality may be provided that assist a client in determining the availability of telepresence equipment, the cost to use the telepresence equipment, the potential return on investment for money spent traveling as compared to conducting a telepresence event, among other things. In some embodiments, a user interface may be presented to a client that presents various information associated with, e.g., the telepresence equipment and/or facilitates the booking of the telepresence equipment. One or more backend systems may be used to, for example, coordinate the booking of a telepresence event and/or the booking of traditional travel events. In some embodiments, business rules and/or other types of data may be generated, received, maintained and/or received by the backend system(s).
1 . A system, comprising:
a processor configured to:
extract data from a request from a requestor to schedule a collaboration event, the data identifying a date and a location associated with the collaboration event; and
generate a telepresence option to schedule a telepresence meeting on the date and at the location using a first telepresence provider that is available to service the telepresence meeting; and
communications circuitry configured to:
transmit the telepresence option to the requestor, the telepresence option identifying the first telepresence provider that is available to service the telepresence meeting.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the telepresence option includes a price to use the first telepresence provider's telepresence equipment.
3 . The system of claim 2 further comprising:
a database configured to store one or more business rules associated with the request; and, wherein
the processor is further configured to:
retrieve the business rules; and
determine the price based on the business rules associated with the request.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the telepresence option includes a second telepresence provider that is compatible with the first telepresence provider and is available to service the telepresence meeting.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine that physical travel is required to conduct the telepresence meeting at the location; and
provide a physical travel option to the requestor, the physical travel option including available travel arrangements to the location.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine a number of clients are to partake in the telepresence meeting;
determine a location associated with each of the clients;
determine a travel cost for all of the clients to travel to the location of each of the clients; and
determine a least expensive location for each of the clients to meet to conduct the telepresence meeting.
7 . The system of claim 6 further comprising a second telepresence provider at the least expensive location, the second telepresence provider configured to service the telepresence meeting with the first telepresence provider at the location identified by the request.
8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine a return on investment for the collaboration event that includes physical travel arrangements.
9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the return on investment is based at least partially on one or more qualitative measure inputs received from the requestor.
10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the return on investment is based at least partially on the cost to use a corporate jet.
11 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to receive a payment confirmation of a fee before determining the return on investment.
12 . A method, comprising:
receiving a request from a requestor to schedule a collaboration event, the request identifying a date and a location associated with the collaboration event;
generating, with circuitry, a telepresence option to schedule a telepresence meeting on the date and at the location using a first telepresence provider that is available to service the telepresence meeting; and
transmitting the telepresence option to the requestor, the telepresence option identifying a first telepresence provider that is available to service the telepresence meeting.
13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein generating the telepresence option includes determining a price to use the first telepresence provider's telepresence equipment.
14 . The method of claim 13 further comprising:
storing one or more business rules associated with the request;
accessing the business rules; and
determining the price based on the business rules associated with the request.
15 . The method of claim 12 , wherein generating the telepresence option includes identifying a second telepresence provider that is compatible with the first telepresence provider, the second telepresence provider is available to service the telepresence meeting.
16 . The method of claim 12 , wherein generating the telepresence option includes:
determining that physical travel is required to conduct the telepresence meeting at the location; and
providing a physical travel option to the requestor, the physical travel option including available travel arrangements to the location.
17 . The method of claim 12 further comprising:
determining a number of clients are to partake in the telepresence meeting;
determining a location associated with each of the clients;
determining a travel cost for all of the clients to travel to the location of each of the clients; and
determining a least expensive location for each of the clients to meet to conduct the telepresence meeting.
18 . The method of claim 17 further comprising conducting the telepresence meeting between the least expensive location and the location identified by the request.
19 . The method of claim 12 further comprising determining a return on investment for the collaboration event that includes physical travel arrangements.
20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein determining the return on investment includes receiving one or more qualitative measure inputs from the machine.
21 . The method of claim 19 , wherein determining the return on investment includes receiving information regarding costs to use a corporate jet.
22 . The method of claim 19 further comprising charging a fee to determine the return on investment.
23 . A method comprising:
presenting, with circuitry, a display that includes an option to schedule a telepresence event, wherein presenting the display includes presenting telepresence provider information identifying:
telepresence equipment;
at least one date the telepresence equipment is available;
at least one time the telepresence equipment is available; and
a fee associated with using the telepresence equipment at the time and date.
24 . A system comprising:
at least two telepresence providers;
a telepresence host system that is configured to determine the availability of the at least two telepresence providers and book the use of the at least two telepresence providers;
a global distribution system that is configured to:
book first travel arrangements for a first client to travel to a first of the at least two telepresence providers; and
book second travel arrangements for a second client to travel to a second of the at least two telepresence providers.