Interactive and Incremental Event Scheduling
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12. A system for developing an event schedule for an event, the system comprising:
- a network of client computers;
a client computer connected to said network of client computers, the client computer comprising storage for holding one or more client data files;
wherein the client computer comprises instructions for performing a method comprising;
a) presenting a GUI prompt view to a user comprising a list of one or more agenda items;
b) presenting a GUI time block view comprising one or more time block views;
c) responsive to a user first action, associating a first agenda item of the one or more agenda items with a first time block view of the one or more time block views;
d) responsive to a user second action, saving first agenda schedule information received in the first time block view;
e) when more than one agenda items are to be scheduled, repeating steps b) through d) for each agenda item to be scheduled; and
f) presenting to event schedule users, a session schedule comprising a chronological presentation of one or more agenda items, each presented agenda item having agenda schedule information presented therewith, the chronological presentation comprising the first agenda item having entered first agenda schedule information presented therewith, the event schedule users comprising potential attendees of the event schedule.
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Abstract
A computer event schedule developer interactively schedules agenda items for an event such as a conference. A user is prompted to select event agenda items for scheduling for the event via a GUI interface. For each agenda item selected, the user is prompted to enter agenda schedule information for the corresponding agenda item such as time and location of the agenda item. The resulting event schedule is displayed to potential event attendees. Separately, meta-data about each agenda item is provided via a prompting view.
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12. A system for developing an event schedule for an event, the system comprising:
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a network of client computers; a client computer connected to said network of client computers, the client computer comprising storage for holding one or more client data files; wherein the client computer comprises instructions for performing a method comprising; a) presenting a GUI prompt view to a user comprising a list of one or more agenda items; b) presenting a GUI time block view comprising one or more time block views; c) responsive to a user first action, associating a first agenda item of the one or more agenda items with a first time block view of the one or more time block views; d) responsive to a user second action, saving first agenda schedule information received in the first time block view; e) when more than one agenda items are to be scheduled, repeating steps b) through d) for each agenda item to be scheduled; and f) presenting to event schedule users, a session schedule comprising a chronological presentation of one or more agenda items, each presented agenda item having agenda schedule information presented therewith, the chronological presentation comprising the first agenda item having entered first agenda schedule information presented therewith, the event schedule users comprising potential attendees of the event schedule. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer program product for developing an event schedule for an event, the computer program product comprising:
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a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising; a) presenting a GUI prompt view to a user comprising a list of one or more agenda items; b) presenting a GUI time block view comprising one or more time block views; c) responsive to a user first action, associating a first agenda item of the one or more agenda items with a first time block view of the one or more time block views; d) responsive to a user second action, saving first agenda schedule information received in the first time block view; e) when more than one agenda items are to be scheduled, repeating steps b) through d) for each agenda item to be scheduled; and f) presenting to event schedule users, a session schedule comprising a chronological presentation of one or more agenda items, each presented agenda item having agenda schedule information presented therewith, the chronological presentation comprising the first agenda item having entered first agenda schedule information presented therewith, the event schedule users comprising potential attendees of the event schedule. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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34-1. The method according to claim 33, wherein the first agenda schedule information comprises first agenda location information consisting of a location for presenting the first agenda item associated with the first time block view, the location for presenting consisting of any one of a room, a building, a city, a state, a country or an electronic meeting virtual location such as a Web page of the world wide web.
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