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Groupware management

  • US 10,594,775 B2
  • Filed: 08/22/2014
  • Issued: 03/17/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for using a graphical user interface (GUI) to add new members to groups associated with events, said method comprising:

  • displaying, by one or more processors of a computer system on the GUI, a calendar record window comprising a date of a first event, a name of the first event, and a list of initial members of a first group of members invited to the first event, said list of initial members including all members of the first group initially invited to the first event;

    said one or more processors receiving, from a user, an edit of the list of initial members displayed in the calendar record window, said edit being an addition of a new member of the first group of members invited to the first event;

    said one or more processors displaying, on the GUI, an update of the calendar record window comprising an updated list of members of the first group, said updated list consisting of the list of initial members and the new member, said new member being displayed, on the updated list, with visual emphasis in comparison with the display of the initial members on the updated list;

    said one or more processors updating a first record stored on one or more computer-readable data storage devices, wherein the first record comprises information pertaining to the first event, wherein the information pertaining to the first event comprises the list of initial members of the first group of members invited to the first event, and wherein said updating the first record comprises adding the new member to the first group which results in the first group in the first record including the new member in addition to the initial members;

    in response to said updating the first record, said one or more processors displaying on the GUI, simultaneous with said displaying the updated calendar record window on the GUI, a change control window which provides the user with a capability to add the new member to a plurality of other groups of members invited to respective other events, wherein each group of the plurality of other groups comprise a respective list of members that include the initial members of the first group, wherein the members of the first group, the members of the plurality of other groups, and the new member are people, wherein the capability to add the new member includes a first option to add the new member selectively to each group of the plurality of groups for events having a same membership (Yes option), a second option to add the new member to all groups of the plurality of groups (Yes to All option), and a third option to not add the new member to any group of the plurality of groups (No option), and wherein a totality of different selectable options in the change control window displayed on the GUI consists of the first option, the second option, and the third option, said updated calendar record window and said change control window being displayed simultaneously in non-overlapping portions of the GUI, wherein the YES option, the YES to ALL option, and the NO option are individually selectable by the user in respective different areas within the change control window, and wherein the change control window displays text communicating that a membership of the first group of members has changed and displays a query as to whether the new member is to be added to other events; and

    receiving from the user, by the one or more processors, a selection of the first option, a selection of the second option, or a selection of the third option.

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