Method and System for Conference Room Scheduling

• US 20080162198A1
• Filed: 01/03/2007
• Published: 07/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jabbour, Fadi R., Lee, David C., Lee, Eric H., Lee, Johnny H.
• Application Number:
  US11/619,455
• Publication Number:
  US 20080162198A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06312 Adjustment or analysis of established resource schedule, e.g. resource or task levelling, or dynamic rescheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06314 Calendaring for a resource
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0645 Rental transactions; Leasing transactions

Abstract

A method for conference room scheduling includes detecting a user in a first location, obtaining reservation information associated with the first location, determining based on the reservation information whether the first location is reserved and notifying the user whether the first location is reserved.

Claims

1. A method for conference room scheduling, comprising:

detecting a user in a first location;

obtaining reservation information associated with the first location;

determining based on the reservation information whether the first location is reserved; and

notifying the user whether the first location is reserved.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, if the first location is reserved, communicating to at least one participant of a meeting scheduled for the first location a request to change the location of the meeting scheduled for the first location.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein notifying the user whether the first location is reserved comprises notifying the user via instant message whether the first location is reserved.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein notifying the user whether the first location is reserved comprises notifying the user via e-mail whether the first location is reserved.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein notifying the user whether the first location is reserved comprises notifying the user via phone call whether the first location is reserved.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising, if the first location is not reserved, reserving the first location for the user.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein reserving the first location for the user comprises receiving from the user a termination time for the reservation of the first location.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

detecting that the user has left the first location; and

terminating the reservation of the first location after a preconfigured amount of time.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising changing presence information associated with the user based on the reservation of the first location for the user.

10. A method for conference room scheduling, comprising:

detecting a first number of users in a first meeting in a first location;

obtaining capacity information associated with the first location;

obtaining capacity information associated with a second location; and

based on the capacity information associated with the first location and the capacity information associated with the second location, communicating a request to at least one of the users in the first meeting in the first location to move the first meeting to the second location.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising reserving the second location for the users in the meeting.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising detecting a second number of users in a second meeting in the second location;

and

based on the capacity information associated with the first location and the capacity information associated with the second location, communicating a request to at least one of the users in the second meeting in the second location to move the second meeting to the first location.

13. A system for conference room scheduling, comprising:

a processor operable to;

detect a user in a first location;

obtain reservation information associated with the first location; and

determine based on the reservation information whether the first location is reserved; and

an interface coupled to the processor and operable to notify the user whether the first location is reserved.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the interface is further operable to, if the first location is reserved, communicate to at least one participant of a meeting scheduled for the first location a request to change the location of the meeting scheduled for the first location.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein an interface operable to notify the user whether the first location is reserved comprises an interface operable to notify the user via instant message whether the first location is reserved.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein an interface operable to notify the user whether the first location is reserved comprises an interface operable to notify the user via e-mail whether the first location is reserved.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein an interface operable to notify the user whether the first location is reserved comprises an interface operable to notify the user via phone call whether the first location is reserved.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the processor is further operable to, if the first location is not reserved, reserve the first location for the user.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein a processor operable to reserve the first location for the user comprises a processor operable to receive from the user a termination time for the reservation of the first location.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the processor is further operable to:

detect that the user has left the first location; and

terminate the reservation of the first location after a preconfigured amount of time.

21. The system of claim 13, wherein the processor is further operable to change presence information associated with the user based on the reservation of the first location for the user.

22. A system for conference room scheduling, comprising:

a processor operable to;

detect a first number of users in a first meeting in a first location;

obtain capacity information associated with the first location; and

obtain capacity information associated with a second location; and

an interface coupled to the processor and operable to, based on the capacity information associated with the first location and the capacity information associated with the second location, communicate a request to at least one of the users in the first meeting in the first location to move the first meeting to the second location.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the processor is further operable to reserve the second location for the users in the meeting.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein:

the processor is further operable to detect a second number of users in a second meeting in the second location; and

the interface is further operable to, based on the capacity information associated with the first location and the capacity information associated with the second location, communicate a request to at least one of the users in the second meeting in the second location to move the second meeting to the first location.

25. Logic embodied in a computer readable medium, the computer readable medium comprising code operable to:

detect a user in a first location;

obtain reservation information associated with the first location;

determine based on the reservation information whether the first location is reserved; and

notify the user whether the first location is reserved.

26. The medium of claim 25, wherein the code is further operable to, if the first location is reserved, communicate to at least one participant of a meeting scheduled for the first location a request to change the location of the meeting scheduled for the first location.

27. The medium of claim 25, code operable to notify the user whether the first location is reserved comprises code operable to notify the user via instant message whether the first location is reserved.

28. The medium of claim 25, code operable to notify the user whether the first location is reserved comprises code operable to notify the user via e-mail whether the first location is reserved.

29. The medium of claim 25, code operable to notify the user whether the first location is reserved comprises code operable to notify the user via phone call whether the first location is reserved.

30. The medium of claim 25, wherein the code is further operable to, if the first location is not reserved, reserve the first location for the user.

31. The medium of claim 30, wherein code operable to reserve the first location for the user comprises code operable to receive from the user a termination time for the reservation of the first location.

32. The medium of claim 30, wherein the code is further operable to:

detect that the user has left the first location; and

terminate the reservation of the first location after a preconfigured amount of time.

33. The medium of claim 30, wherein the code is further operable to change presence information associated with the user based on the reservation of the first location for the user.

34. Logic embodied in a computer readable medium, the computer readable medium comprising code operable to:

detect a first number of users in a first meeting in a first location;

obtain capacity information associated with the first location;

obtain capacity information associated with a second location; and

based on the capacity information associated with the first location and the capacity information associated with the second location, communicate a request to at least one of the users in the first meeting in the first location to move the first meeting to the second location.

35. The medium of claim 34, wherein the code is further operable to reserve the second location for the users in the meeting.

36. The medium of claim 34, wherein the code is further operable to:

detect a second number of users in a second meeting in the second location; and

based on the capacity information associated with the first location and the capacity information associated with the second location, communicate a request to at least one of the users in the second meeting in the second location to move the second meeting to the first location.

37. A system for conference room scheduling, comprising:

means for detecting a user in a first location;

means for obtaining reservation information associated with the first location;

means for determining based on the reservation information whether the first location is reserved; and

means for notifying the user whether the first location is reserved.

38. A system for conference room scheduling, comprising:

means for detecting a first number of users in a first meeting in a first location;

means for obtaining capacity information associated with the first location;

means for obtaining capacity information associated with a second location; and

means for, based on the capacity information associated with the first location and the capacity information associated with the second location, communicating a request to at least one of the users in the first meeting in the first location to move the first meeting to the second location.