Accounting for traveling time within scheduling software
First Claim
1. A method for scheduling meetings within a scheduling application comprising the steps of:
- identifying a meeting location and a meeting time for a meeting;
determining an origination location for at least one meeting participant;
automatically computing a travel time for said participant based at least in part upon said meeting location and said origination location; and
presenting a time based at least in part upon said computed travel time when meeting information for said meeting is displayed within said scheduling application.
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Abstract
A method for scheduling meetings within a scheduling application can include the step of identifying a meeting location and a meeting time for a meeting. An origination location can be determined for at least one meeting participant. Travel time for the participant can be automatically computed based at least in part upon the meeting location and the origination location. A time that is based at least in part upon the computed travel time can be presented within the scheduling application. For example, a suggested departure time can be computed and presented within the scheduling application, where the suggested departure time is based upon travel time and meeting time.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for scheduling meetings within a scheduling application comprising the steps of:
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identifying a meeting location and a meeting time for a meeting;
determining an origination location for at least one meeting participant;
automatically computing a travel time for said participant based at least in part upon said meeting location and said origination location; and
presenting a time based at least in part upon said computed travel time when meeting information for said meeting is displayed within said scheduling application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for managing meetings comprising:
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a scheduling application configured to manage a plurality of meeting events, each of said meeting events comprising a meeting location, and a plurality of meeting participants and originating locations, each meeting participant associated with a particular one of said originating locations; and
a travel time calculator configured to calculate a travel time between an original location and a meeting location based at least in part upon a starting location and an ending location, wherein said travel time is calculated for one of said meeting participants using said associated originating location as said starting location and said meeting location as said ending location. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A machine-readable storage having stored thereon, a computer program having a plurality of code sections, said code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:
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identifying a meeting location and a meeting time for a meeting;
determining an origination location for at least one meeting participant;
automatically computing a travel time for said participant based at least in part upon said meeting location and said origination location; and
presenting a time based at least in part upon said computed travel time when meeting information for said meeting is displayed within said scheduling application. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system for scheduling a meeting within a scheduling application comprising:
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a meeting location;
a meeting time;
an origination location for at least one participant of said meeting;
means for automatically computing a travel time for said participant based at least in part upon said meeting location and said origination location; and
means for presenting a time based at least in part upon said travel time when meeting information for said meeting is displayed within said scheduling application.
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