GRANTING ELECTRONIC CALENDAR ACCESS TO A SECOND PARTY VIA AN EXPOSED APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE
First Claim
1. A method, comprising the step of:
- a) granting a second party access to an electronic calendar of a first party to schedule an event by exposing an Application Programming Interface (API) of said electronic calendar to said second party.
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Abstract
Methods of the present invention provide for granting electronic calendar access to a second party via an exposed API. An exemplary method may comprise the step of adding a business to a trust list. The business may then be granted access to a customer'"'"'s electronic calendar to schedule an event, perhaps by exposing the electronic calendar'"'"'s Application Programming Interface (API) to the business. The business may then be notified that it has been granted access. Once an event is scheduled, configured data (compatible with the electronic calendar) may be received from the business, perhaps regarding the event'"'"'s description, date, time, location, participants, subject matter, priority, relative importance, or any combination thereof. The business may then add, delete, or modify the event in the customer'"'"'s electronic calendar.
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1. A method, comprising the step of:
- a) granting a second party access to an electronic calendar of a first party to schedule an event by exposing an Application Programming Interface (API) of said electronic calendar to said second party.
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12. A method, comprising the steps of:
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a) adding a business to a trust list via a web-based electronic calendar of a customer; b) granting said business access to said web-based electronic calendar to schedule an event by exposing an Application Programming Interface (API) of said web-based electronic calendar to said business; c) notifying said business that it has been granted access to said API and said web-based electronic calendar; d) receiving a configured data from said business regarding said event, said configured data comprising information about said event'"'"'s description, date, time, location, participants, subject matter, priority, relative importance, or any combination thereof that is compatible with said web-based electronic calendar; and e) adding, deleting, or modifying said event in said web-based electronic calendar.
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