METHOD OF ARRANGING SUPPLEMENTAL MEETING SERVICES

• US 20090112682A1
• Filed: 01/16/2008
• Published: 04/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Szabo, Robert M., Demsky, Scott H.
• Application Number:
  US12/015,259
• Publication Number:
  US 20090112682A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment

Abstract

A method of scheduling meetings within a calendaring system can include receiving a meeting request specifying a meeting time, at least one participant, and a supplemental meeting service to be scheduled concurrently with the meeting. A determination can be made that a supplemental meeting system is not available. Accordingly, participants can be notified of the meeting time and that supplemental meeting service information has not been determined. The method also can include attempting to obtain the supplemental meeting service information from the supplemental meeting system until a predetermined time prior to the meeting time. If the supplemental meeting service information is obtained before the predetermined time prior to the meeting time, the participants can be notified of the supplemental meeting service information.

Claims

1. Within a calendaring system, a method of canceling meetings comprising:

receiving a request to cancel a scheduled meeting and an associated supplemental meeting service involving at least one participant;

determining that a supplemental meeting system is unavailable;

recording a time when the request to cancel is received;

notifying the participants that the scheduled meeting has been cancelled; and

when the supplemental meeting system becomes available, notifying the supplemental meeting system that the supplemental meeting service has been cancelled and the time when the request to cancel was received.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the supplemental meeting system is at least one of a teleconference system or an electronic meeting system.

3. A machine readable storage, having stored thereon a computer program implementation of a calendaring system, having a plurality of code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:

receiving a request to cancel a scheduled meeting and an associated supplemental meeting service involving at least one participant;

determining that a supplemental meeting system is unavailable;

recording a time when the request to cancel is received;

notifying the participants that the scheduled meeting has been cancelled; and

when the supplemental meeting system becomes available, notifying the supplemental meeting system that the supplemental meeting service has been cancelled and the time when the request to cancel was received.

4. The machine-readable storage of claim 3, wherein the supplemental meeting system is at least one of a teleconference system or an electronic meeting system.