SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING PRODUCTIVITY

• US 20090119148A1
• Filed: 11/02/2007
• Published: 05/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Stern, Edith Helen, Willner, Barry E., O'Sullivan, Patrick Joseph, Weir, Robert Cameron
• Application Number:
  US11/934,496
• Publication Number:
  US 20090119148A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• 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 and computer program product include defining, by a user, a time template including a plurality of predefined time intervals for scheduling meetings. The time template is applied across a collaborative system.

Claims

1. A method including:

defining, by a user, a time template including a plurality of predefined time intervals for scheduling meetings; and

applying the time template across a collaborative system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user includes a system administrator.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of time intervals includes at least a first time interval having a first duration and a second time interval having a second duration different than the first time interval.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the collaborative system includes a distributed calendaring system.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein applying the time template across a collaborative system includes applying the time template across an organization-wide collaborative system.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein applying the time template across the collaborative system includes applying the time template across the collaborative system for a predefined segment of an organization.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of time intervals varies in a predetermined pattern.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the predetermined pattern includes a business cycle.

9. The method of claim 1, further including coordinating the time template across multiple time zones.

10. A computer program product residing on a computer readable storage medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

defining, by a user, a time template including a plurality of predefined time intervals for scheduling meetings; and

applying the time template across a collaborative system.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the user includes a system administrator.

12. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the plurality of time intervals includes at least a first time interval having a first duration and a second time interval having a second duration different than the first time interval.

13. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the collaborative system includes a distributed calendaring system.

14. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the instructions for applying the time template across a collaborative system include instructions for applying the time template across an organization-wide collaborative system.

15. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the instructions for applying the time template across the collaborative system include instructions for applying the time template across the collaborative system for a predefined segment of an organization.

16. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the plurality of time intervals varies in a predetermined pattern.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the predetermined pattern includes a business cycle.

18. The computer program product of claim 10, further including instructions for coordinating the time template across multiple time zones.