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Method and Apparatus for Providing an Electronic Calendar with an Indication of Timeslot Availability Dependent on the Importance of a Requester

  • US 20090063239A1
  • Filed: 08/30/2007
  • Published: 03/05/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of scheduling a meeting in an electronic calendar, comprising:

  • scheduling, by a participant IHS, a first event during a particular timeslot in the electronic calendar, thus providing an already scheduled timeslot;

    associating, by the participant IHS, a timeslot importance level with the already scheduled timeslot;

    receiving, by the participant IHS, a request from a requester IHS to schedule a second event during the already scheduled timeslot, the request including a requester importance level of the requester in an organizational hierarchy; and

    transmitting, by the participant IHS, a response to the requester IHS, the response being a timeslot available response if the requester importance level is higher than the timeslot importance level of the already scheduled timeslot, the response otherwise being a timeslot unavailable response.

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