IP Library Granted Patent US 10,609,084
Granted Patent B2
US 10,609,084 · App. 16/023,213 · Granted Mar 31, 2020

System and method for organizing a plurality of local meeting groups

Inventors: David Pashman (New York, NY); Odile Beniflah (New York, NY); Jake Levine (New York, NY); Nick Stamas (New York, NY)
Assignee: Meetup, Inc.
H04L63/20G06Q10/1095H04L12/185H04L63/0807H04L67/02H04W4/021H04W4/025H04W4/80H04L63/107
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Patent No.
US 10,609,084
App. No.
16/023,213
Granted
Mar 31, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for facilitating supervisory control of localized meeting groups is provided. A method includes the steps of generating a master meeting group based on input received from a master organizer, generating a plurality of authentication tickets based on input received from the master organizer of the master meeting group identifying a local organizer for each authentication ticket of the plurality of authentication tickets, transmitting the plurality of authentication tickets to each of the local organizers, authenticating a plurality of local organizers based at least partially on an authentication ticket for each local organizer, and generating a plurality of meeting subgroups associated with the master meeting group based at least partially on the at least one meeting parameter. Each meeting subgroup is associated with at least one local organizer and is generated based at least partially on input received from the at least one local organizer.

Claims (47)

1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating supervisory control of associated subgroups of a master group, comprising:

generating, with at least one processor, a master meeting group based on input received from a master organizer, the input identifying at least one master meeting group parameter;

receiving, from the master organizer, an identification of at least one existing meeting group, the at least one existing meeting group having a meeting group organizer;

generating, with at least one processor, an authentication ticket based on the input received from the master organizer of the master meeting group;

transmitting the authentication ticket to the meeting group organizer for an existing meeting group of the at least one existing meeting group, the authentication ticket configured to be selected by the meeting group organizer through a device;

in response to the meeting group organizer selecting the authentication ticket, authorizing, with at least one processor, the meeting group organizer to affiliate the existing meeting group with the master group;

affiliating, with at least one processor, the existing meeting group with the master group based on input received from the meeting group organizer and in response to:

receiving, from the organizer of the master meeting group, a fee payment for affiliating the existing meeting group; and

applying the at least a portion of the fee payment to the existing meeting group after the meeting group organizer selects the authentication ticket; and

controlling, with at least one processor, the existing meeting group based on input from the meeting group organizer and the master organizer.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the authentication ticket comprises a link, the link including a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and a token.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the token can only be used to authorize a user once.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in response to the meeting group organizer selecting the authentication ticket, displaying, with at least one processor, at least one ticket redemption graphical user interface on the device, wherein the input from the meeting group organizer is received through the at least one ticket redemption graphical user interface.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the at least one ticket redemption graphical user interface comprises a selectable option to create a new meeting group affiliated with the master group or to affiliate the existing meeting group with the master group.

6. A system for facilitating supervisory control of associated subgroups of a master group, comprising at least one processor programmed or configured to:

generate a master meeting group based on input received from a master organizer, the input identifying at least one master meeting group parameter;

receive, from the master organizer, an identification of at least one existing meeting group, the at least one existing meeting group having a meeting group organizer;

generate an authentication ticket based on the input received from the master organizer of the master meeting group;

transmit the authentication ticket to the meeting group organizer for an existing meeting group of the at least one existing meeting group, the authentication ticket configured to be selected by the meeting group organizer through a device;

in response to the meeting group organizer selecting the authentication ticket:

authorize the meeting group organizer to affiliate the existing meeting group with the master group, and

display at least one ticket redemption graphical user interface on the device, wherein the input from the meeting group organizer is received through the at least one ticket redemption graphical user interface,

wherein the at least one ticket redemption graphical user interface comprises a selectable option to create a new meeting group affiliated with the master group or to affiliate the existing meeting group with the master group;

affiliate the existing meeting group with the master group based on input received from the meeting group organizer; and

control the existing meeting group based on input from the meeting group organizer and the master organizer.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the authentication ticket comprises a link, the link including a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and a token.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the token can only be used to authorize a user once.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein a meeting group platform affiliates the existing meeting group with the master group in response to a fee payment being received, and wherein the processor is further programmed or configured to:

receive, from the organizer of the master meeting group, at least a portion of the fee payment for affiliating the existing meeting group; and

apply the at least a portion of the fee payment to the existing meeting group after the meeting group organizer selects the authentication ticket.

10. A computer program product for facilitating supervisory control of associated subgroups of a master group, comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium including program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

generate a master meeting group based on input received from a master organizer, the input identifying at least one master meeting group parameter;

receive, from the master organizer, an identification of at least one existing meeting group, the at least one existing meeting group having a meeting group organizer;

generate an authentication ticket based on the input received from the master organizer of the master meeting group;

transmit the authentication ticket to the meeting group organizer for an existing meeting group of the at least one existing meeting group, the authentication ticket configured to be selected by the meeting group organizer through a device;

in response to the meeting group organizer selecting the authentication ticket:

authorize the meeting group organizer to affiliate the existing meeting group with the master group, and

display at least one ticket redemption graphical user interface on the device, wherein the input from the meeting group organizer is received through the at least one ticket redemption graphical user interface,

wherein the at least one ticket redemption graphical user interface comprises a selectable option to create a new meeting group affiliated with the master group or to affiliate the existing meeting group with the master group;

affiliate the existing meeting group with the master group based on input received from the meeting group organizer; and

control the existing meeting group based on input from the meeting group organizer and the master organizer.

11. The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the authentication ticket comprises a link, the link including a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and a token.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the token can only be used to authorize a user once.

13. The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein a meeting group platform affiliates the existing meeting group with the master group in response to a fee payment being received, and wherein the program instructions further cause the at least one processor to:

receive, from the organizer of the master meeting group, at least a portion of the fee payment for affiliating the existing meeting group; and

apply the at least a portion of the fee payment to the existing meeting group after the meeting group organizer selects the authentication ticket.

Assignments (7)
MERGER Recorded Jul 22, 2026
From: MEETUP, INC.
To: COMMUNITY MATTERS HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 075361/0176 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2024
From: MEETUP, INC.
To: MEETUP LLC
Reel/Frame 066226/0211 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (050724/0643) Recorded Feb 13, 2020
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: WEWORK COMPANIES LLC; MEETUP LLC; CONDUCTOR LLC; EUCLID LLC
Reel/Frame 051928/0754 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (050724/0631) Recorded Feb 13, 2020
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: WEWORK COMPANIES LLC; MEETUP LLC; CONDUCTOR LLC; EUCLID LLC
Reel/Frame 051928/0831 →
SECURITY INTEREST (REVOLVER) Recorded Oct 15, 2019
From: WEWORK COMPANIES LLC; MEETUP LLC; CONDUCTOR LLC; EUCLID LLC; TEEM TECHNOLOGIES LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 050724/0631 →
SECURITY INTEREST (LETTER OF CREDIT) Recorded Oct 15, 2019
From: WEWORK COMPANIES LLC; MEETUP LLC; CONDUCTOR LLC; EUCLID LLC; TEEM TECHNOLOGIES LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 050724/0643 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2018
From: PASHMAN, DAVID; BENIFLAH, ODILE; LEVINE, JAKE; STAMAS, NICK
To: MEETUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 046238/0039 →