Method and system for enabling the creation and maintenance of temporary user groups

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9769611
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15168983

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Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for creating and managing temporary virtual groups. An example apparatus may be configured enable an administrative entity to establish a temporary virtual group, enable the administrative entity to define configuration information for the temporary virtual group, the enabling of the administrative entity to define the configuration information comprising establishing membership criteria for admittance of one or more members to the temporary virtual group, establishing rules of interaction among the one or more members of that the temporary virtual group, establishing termination criteria, the termination criteria configured to determine when the temporary virtual group will terminate, and facilitate transmission of the message from the first member to a second member, and terminate the temporary virtual group upon determination that the termination criteria is met.

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  • GROUPON, INC.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ayars, Jeffrey M Geneva, US 30 750
Conklin, Gregory J Pleasanton, US 30 432
Holden, Jeffrey Alan Chicago, US 21 366
Kim, John Sammamish, US 184 1977
Scholl, Nathaniel Blake Oakland, US 20 359
Shariff, Shafiq Chicago, US 71 409

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