System and method for integrating reservation information with personal information management
First Claim
1. A method for integrating reservation information with personal information management information comprising:
- providing control instructions for a processor and data at a first node of a network, the control instructions including instructions for managing appointments and instructions for storing data associated with appointments;
providing a reservation system with reservation data stored at a second node of the network;
creating appointment data and reservation data such that when a reservation is created, at least a portion of information associated with the reservation is stored at the first node as associated appointment data and also at the second node as reservation data;
modifying the associated appointment data at the first node to cause a change to the associated appointment data and the reservation data at both nodes; and
modifying the reservation data at the second node to cause a change to the associated appointment data and the reservation data at both nodes.
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus and systems coordinate reservation scheduling information of a reservation system with personal management/organizer application. A reservation coordinating module, preferably integrated with personal organizer application, is configured to provide a user with the ability to direct the creation, deletion, modification and viewing of reservations from the user'"'"'s personal organizer application. The module communicates requests from a system on which the module is installed to the reservation system and receives responses therefrom. The module automates storing or modifying associated appointments in the data structure of the personal management application in conjunction with successful reservations creation/change operations communicated with the reservation system.
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42 Claims
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1. A method for integrating reservation information with personal information management information comprising:
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providing control instructions for a processor and data at a first node of a network, the control instructions including instructions for managing appointments and instructions for storing data associated with appointments;
providing a reservation system with reservation data stored at a second node of the network;
creating appointment data and reservation data such that when a reservation is created, at least a portion of information associated with the reservation is stored at the first node as associated appointment data and also at the second node as reservation data;
modifying the associated appointment data at the first node to cause a change to the associated appointment data and the reservation data at both nodes; and
modifying the reservation data at the second node to cause a change to the associated appointment data and the reservation data at both nodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for integrating reservation information with personal information management information comprising:
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a means for managing customer reservation data on a first node of a network;
a means for managing personal appointment data on a second node of the network; and
reservation coordinator instructions to automate synchronization of personal appointment data associated with customer reservation data, the reservation coordinator instructions at the second node, the reservation coordinator instructions being configured to associate personal appointment data at the second node, with customer reservation data of the first node;
wherein reservation coordinator instructions create associated appointment data at the second node and reservation data at the first node such that when a reservation is created, at least a portion of information associated with the reservation is stored at the second node as associated appointment data and also at the first node as reservation data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for coordinating the reservations of a reservation system with the scheduling information of a personal organizer running on a user'"'"'s system comprising the steps of:
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accessing a reservation coordinator for controlling a user'"'"'s system, the reservation coordinator configured on the user'"'"'s system to enable a user to direct scheduling of reservations with a reservation system through a communications link from the user'"'"'s system and further configured to store scheduling information of the reservation system in a personal organizer of the user'"'"'s system;
communicating through the communications link a scheduling request for reserving a resource tracked by the reservation system, the scheduling request initiated under the control of the reservation coordinator in response to user input on the user'"'"'s system;
receiving through the communications link a reservation confirmation from the reservation system relating to the scheduling request; and
storing scheduling information of the reservation confirmation as an associated appointment in a personal organizer of the user'"'"'s system under the control of the reservation coordinator. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A medium for storing processor control instructions for a computer or the like, the medium including a reservation coordinator module with processor control instructions for coordinating reservations of a reservation system with scheduling information of a personal organizer application of a personal scheduling system, the reservation coordinator module comprising:
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a user interface with a prompt to enable a user to selectably initiate a request for a reservation to schedule resources managed by a reservation system, the user interface integratable with a personal organizer application for generally organizing scheduling information of a user, the personal organizer application having a calendar data structure;
a create routine responsive to the user interface, the create routine for sending requests for reservations of resources available to the reservation system and for receiving a confirmation response with reservation scheduling information for the available resources, the request and response communicated via an accessible communications device, a store operation responsive to the confirmation response of the create routine, the store operation for placing the reservation scheduling information of the reservation system as an associated appointment in the calendar data structure of the personal organizer application;
whereby the reservation coordinator module enables a user of the personal organizer application running on a personal scheduling system to direct scheduling of resources of the reservation system from the personal organizer application and automating entry of the reservation scheduling information from the reservation system in the personal organizer application. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A system for controlling coordinating of reservation scheduling information of a reservation service and personal scheduling information of a personal organizer comprising:
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a reservation system for managing and scheduling availability of resources of a reservation service for a plurality of users of the resources of the reservation service, the reservation system coupled to a communications network to receive requests and send responses over the communications network, the requests and responses relating to managing and scheduling of the resources;
an integratable reservation coordinator configured for integration with a personal organizer application that manages a user'"'"'s appointments, the appointments relating to events associated with a reservation of the reservation system and other events not associated with the reservation system, the personal organizer application and reservation coordinator to be executed on a user'"'"'s personal scheduling system accessible to the communications network;
wherein the reservation coordinator is further configured with operations to enable a user of the personal organizer application to direct coordination of reservations of the reservation system by communicating automated requests to the reservation system for creating or deleting reservations, the operations initiated by a user of an interface of the personal organizer application, the reservation coordinator further configured with automated operations to enter or remove an appointment associated with a reservation of the reservation system, the automated enter or remove operations changing a calendar data structure of the personal organizer application to coordinate a change made in the reservation system in conjunction with requests made by the reservation coordinator. - View Dependent Claims (42)
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