US 12,260,376 B2
Systems for teaming up, calendaring, social networking, planning, and e-commerce
Sarah Photowat, Great Falls, VA (US)
Filed by Sarah Photowat, Great Falls, VA (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/240,840.
Application 17/240,840 is a continuation of application No. 16/278,038, filed on Feb. 15, 2019, granted, now 10,990,932.
Application 16/278,038 is a continuation of application No. 14/214,361, filed on Mar. 14, 2014, granted, now 10,262,301, issued on Apr. 16, 2019.
Application 14/214,361 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/705,850, filed on Feb. 15, 2010, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/852,016, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0319409 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 10/1093 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 10/1097 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/063118 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0252 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
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1. A system for a user-vendor interface between a user and a vendor, the system comprising:
a memory; and
a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to:
receive input from a team lead vendor for a team timeline for a team;
create the team timeline for the team;
display the team timeline for the team;
receive input from the team lead vendor for starting the team with at least one team member;
create the team with the at least one team member;
display the team with the at least one team member;
receive input from the at least one team member for a team member event;
create the team member event in the team timeline;
display the team member event in the team timeline;
receive input from the team lead vendor to publish the team timeline for access by a timeline user;
create the published team timeline for access by the timeline user;
permit access to the published team timeline by the timeline user;
display, at a first instance in time, the published team timeline on a graphical user interface of a computing device or mobile device of the timeline user;
generate and display a manipulatable visual object on the graphical user interface of the computing device or mobile device of the timeline user, the manipulatable visual object enabling the timeline user to selectively activate or deactivate automatic updates of the published team timeline;
when the timeline user activates the automatic updates of the published team timeline by selecting the manipulatable visual object, automatically update the published team timeline by adding one or more future events in the published team timeline; and
display, at a second instance in time, the published team timeline on the graphical user interface of the computing device or mobile device of the timeline user, wherein the published team timeline is different than that displayed in the first instance in time as a result of being updated automatically by the processor so as to include the one or more future events;
wherein the user-vendor interface serves as a virtual middle layer allowing users to interface with a plurality of vendors using the same user-vendor interface.