INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR SCHEDULING MEETINGS AND RESOURCES
First Claim
1. An automated system for scheduling and organizing meetings, comprising:
- a form GUI for interfacing with a user, said form GUI including an invitees data object for identifying meeting one or more invitees, and a location data object for identifying a meeting location;
an address book database responsive to said form GUI for locating individuals to identify as invitees;
a locations database responsive to said form GUI for locating a meeting location;
a calendar/schedule manager responsive to said form GUI for coordinating invitees'"'"' schedules; and
a reservation function responsive to said form GUI for scheduling and reserving a meeting location.
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Abstract
An automated system and method for organizing and scheduling meetings is described whereby, under a single integrated interface, a meeting organizer can identify a list of invitees from an address book database, select a meeting location from a hierarchical locations database, and identify meeting resources from a hierarchical resource database. Candidate meeting locations can be organized hierarchically by location (e.g., state, town, building, room) or by organization (company, division, campus, building, etc.) and can be selected by searching the locations database for meeting locations that satisfy search criteria based upon address book information (e.g., location) associated with the list of invitees. Resources can be similarly identified by searching the resource database for requested resources that satisfy search criteria based upon the selected meeting location (e.g., requested resources that are available at that location). Schedule management, meeting location reservations, and resource management are all integrated. Meeting times can be determined by selecting times when the invitees, meeting location and requested resources are all simultaneously available.
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20 Claims
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1. An automated system for scheduling and organizing meetings, comprising:
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a form GUI for interfacing with a user, said form GUI including an invitees data object for identifying meeting one or more invitees, and a location data object for identifying a meeting location;
an address book database responsive to said form GUI for locating individuals to identify as invitees;
a locations database responsive to said form GUI for locating a meeting location;
a calendar/schedule manager responsive to said form GUI for coordinating invitees'"'"' schedules; and
a reservation function responsive to said form GUI for scheduling and reserving a meeting location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for automated meeting coordination, comprising the steps of:
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providing a form GUI for interfacing with a user;
providing an address book database responsive to said form GUI for locating individuals to identify as invitees;
providing a locations database responsive to said form GUI for locating a meeting location;
providing a calendar/schedule manager responsive to said form GUI for coordinating invitees'"'"' schedules;
providing a reservation function responsive to said form GUI for scheduling and reserving a meeting location;
identifying a set of meeting invitees by means of said address book database;
identifying a meeting location by means of said locations database; and
selecting a meeting time when the invitees and the meeting location are all available by means of said calendar/schedule manager and said reservation function. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for scheduling and organizing meetings on a collaboration system, comprising the steps of:
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providing a user interface for communicating with a meeting organizer user;
providing an address book database responsive to said user interface for identifying meeting invitees;
providing a locations database responsive to said user interface for identifying meeting locations;
providing a resources database responsive to said user interface for identifying one or meeting resources;
providing a calendar/schedule manager responsive to said user interface for coordinating invitees'"'"' schedules;
providing a reservation function responsive to said user interface for scheduling and reserving a meeting location;
providing a resource manager responsive to said user interface for scheduling and reserving meeting resources;
identifying a set of meeting invitees by means of said address book database;
identifying a meeting location by means of said locations database;
identifying a set of candidate meeting locations by searching the locations database for meeting locations that meet predetermined selection criteria based upon address book information associated with the set of meeting invitees;
specifying a meeting location from the set of candidate meeting locations; and
specifying a meeting time when the invitees and the meeting location are all available by means of said calendar/schedule manager and said reservation function. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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