Method and structure for overriding calendar entries based on context and business value
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1. A method of automatically scheduling a meeting in an electronic calendar system, said method comprising:
- accessing calendars of all participants invited to a meeting being scheduled;
checking, from each of said participant'"'"'s calendars, whether each said participant is available for said meeting, in accordance with a priority of said meeting; and
scheduling said meeting on each of said participant'"'"'s calendar if all said participants are available.
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Abstract
A method and structure for automatically scheduling a meeting in an electronic calendar system. Calendars of all participants invited to a meeting being scheduled are accessed. Each participant'"'"'s calendar is checked whether that participant is available for the meeting, in accordance with a priority of the meeting. The meeting is scheduled on each participant'"'"'s calendar if all said participants are available.
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1. A method of automatically scheduling a meeting in an electronic calendar system, said method comprising:
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accessing calendars of all participants invited to a meeting being scheduled;
checking, from each of said participant'"'"'s calendars, whether each said participant is available for said meeting, in accordance with a priority of said meeting; and
scheduling said meeting on each of said participant'"'"'s calendar if all said participants are available. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus comprising:
a calendar scheduler that automatically determines whether all participants invited to a meeting are available and accordingly schedules said meeting. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A signal-bearing medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform an automatic calendar scheduling function, said machine-readable instructions comprising:
a scheduler module that automatically determines whether all participants invited to an event or meeting are available and accordingly schedules said event/meeting. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for an electronic calendar scheduling service, said method comprising:
electronically providing an entry into a user'"'"'s electronic calendar scheduler for an event, wherein said entry for said event into said user'"'"'s electronic calendar scheduler results from;
accessing a calendar of one or more of participants invited to said event;
scheduling said event in accordance with an availability of at least one of said one or more participants, as based on a priority of said event.
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