Calendar scheduling of multiple persons resources and consumables with group access view restriction
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1. A machine (100) structured to execute machine readable instructions in the form of software, the software comprising:
- calendar data (120) comprising machine readable data corresponding to a schedule of events for a schedulee;
group data (122) comprising machine readable data corresponding to the identity of groups to which the calendar data and associated schedulee belong; and
a plurality of sets of access rules (124), each set of access rules respectively comprising machine readable data and instructions for controlling access to the calendar data by the members of each group; and
administration software (126) comprising machine readable instructions for allowing each set of access rules to be determined by a separate administrator.
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Abstract
Calendaring and scheduling software (100) wherein separate groups are separately administered, especially with respect to access rules (124) and the related ability to self-reserve appointments. Also, scheduling rules, schedule conflict rules and resource scheduling for use in vendor (108)/customer (110, 112) scheduling and customer self-reservation of vendor appointments.
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1. A machine (100) structured to execute machine readable instructions in the form of software, the software comprising:
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calendar data (120) comprising machine readable data corresponding to a schedule of events for a schedulee;
group data (122) comprising machine readable data corresponding to the identity of groups to which the calendar data and associated schedulee belong; and
a plurality of sets of access rules (124), each set of access rules respectively comprising machine readable data and instructions for controlling access to the calendar data by the members of each group; and
administration software (126) comprising machine readable instructions for allowing each set of access rules to be determined by a separate administrator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A machine (100) structured to execute machine readable instructions in the form of software comprising:
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resource calendar data (130) comprising machine readable data corresponding to a schedule of events for a resource (210); and
access rules (124) comprising machine readable data and instructions for controlling access to the calendar data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A machine (100) structured to execute machine readable instructions in the form of software comprising:
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calendar data (120) comprising machine readable data corresponding to a schedule of events for a schedulee; and
access rules (124) comprising machine readable data and instructions for controlling revision access to the calendar data so that the schedulee can be simultaneously scheduled for more than one event. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A machine (100) structured to execute machine readable instructions in the form of software comprising:
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a plurality of sets of calendar data (120), with each set of calendar data comprising machine readable data respectively corresponding to a schedule of events for a schedulee;
conflict determination software (134) comprising machine readable instructions for determining conflicts between events on the schedules and a proposed event that is proposed to be added to a schedule; and
access rules (124) comprising machine readable data and instructions for controlling revision access to the calendar data so that a reviser can propose and schedule an event with one or more schedulee based on schedulee identity priority information provided by the reviser and conflicts as determined by the conflict determination software.
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