MEETING ROOM AND RESOURCE SCHEDULING AND PRIORITIZATION BASED ON ATTENDEE LOCATION
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1. A computer-implemented method for meeting room scheduling, comprising:
- receiving a specification for a meeting, including a list of attendees;
determining respective physical locations for each of the attendees;
finding one or more optimal locations in which to have the meeting by calculating which ones of the physical locations has a highest concentration of the attendees located there;
finding an optimal room at each of the one or more optimal locations by selecting a room that is within a smallest average proximity to a highest number of attendees; and
scheduling the optimal room at each of the one or more optimal locations for the meeting.
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Abstract
A method for meeting room scheduling includes receiving a specification for a meeting, including a list of attendees, and determining respective physical locations for each of the attendees. One or more optimal locations in which to have the meeting is found by calculating which ones of the physical locations has a highest concentration of attendees located there. An optimal room at each of the one or more optimal locations is found by selecting a room that is within a smallest average proximity to a highest number of attendees. The optimal room at each of the one or more optimal locations is then scheduled for the meeting.
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21 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for meeting room scheduling, comprising:
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receiving a specification for a meeting, including a list of attendees; determining respective physical locations for each of the attendees; finding one or more optimal locations in which to have the meeting by calculating which ones of the physical locations has a highest concentration of the attendees located there; finding an optimal room at each of the one or more optimal locations by selecting a room that is within a smallest average proximity to a highest number of attendees; and scheduling the optimal room at each of the one or more optimal locations for the meeting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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a server; a meeting room and resource scheduler executing on the server; and wherein in response receiving a specification for a meeting from a client, including a list of attendees, the meeting room and resource scheduler application functions to; determine respective physical locations for each of the attendees; find one or more optimal locations in which to have the meeting by calculating which ones of the physical locations has a highest concentration of the attendees located there; find an optimal room at each of the one or more optimal locations by selecting a room located in each of the one or more optimal locations that is within a smallest average proximity to a highest number of the attendees; and schedule the optimal room at each of the one or more optimal locations for the meeting. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer-implemented method for meeting room scheduling, comprising:
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receiving a specification for a meeting, including a date and time of the meeting, a list of attendees, and requested resources; determining which one of the attendees will attend the meeting by being physically present and which ones of the attendees will attend the meeting remotely; determining respective physical locations for each of the attendees that will be physically present at the meeting; finding one or more optimal locations in which to have the meeting by calculating which ones of the physical locations has a highest concentration of the attendees, wherein each of the one or more optimal locations includes one or more rooms; finding an optimal room at each of the one or more optimal locations based on a proximity between the attendees and the rooms, and based on the rooms having resources matching the requested resources; and scheduling the meeting by reserving the optimal room and the resources at each of the one or more optimal locations at the date and the time of the meeting.
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