CUSTOMIZING RECURRING CALENDAR EVENTS

• US 20100262926A1
• Filed: 04/13/2009
• Published: 10/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Gupta, Pawan, Patel, Samir J.
• Application Number:
  US12/422,540
• Publication Number:
  US 20100262926A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• 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 request to create a repeating meeting event on a calendar and scheduling computer system is received. One or more instances of individual meetings of the repeating meeting event are listed. A request to modify at least one of the one or more instances of individual meetings is received. A modified repeating meeting event including one or more modified and unmodified instances of individual meetings is created. The modified repeating meeting event is sent to one or more recipients from the calendar and scheduling computer system.

Claims

1. A method for sending modified repeating meetings events comprising:

receiving a request to create a repeating meeting event on a calendar and scheduling computer system;

listing one or more instances of individual meetings of the repeating meeting event by the calendar and scheduling computer system;

receiving a request to modify at least one of the one or more instances of individual meetings by the calendar and scheduling computer system;

creating a modified repeating meeting event including one or more modified and unmodified instances of individual meetings by the calendar and scheduling computer system; and

sending the modified repeating meeting event to one or more recipients from the calendar and scheduling computer system.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying a customization button on a computer display, wherein activation of the customization button triggers the listing of the one or more instances of individual meetings.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the request to modify at least one of the one or more instances of individual meetings includes a request to modify one or more of a date and time of the one or more instances of individual meetings.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the request to modify at least one of the one or more instances of individual meetings includes a request to modify a resource associated with the one or more instances of individual meetings.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying a list of available resources associated with at least one of the instances of individual meetings, thus allowing a user to select one or more available resources from the list.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein listing the one or more instances of individual meetings includes displaying the one or more instances of individual meetings on a display, thus allowing a user to select one or more of the instances of individual meetings for modification.

7. A computer program product for sending modified repeating meetings events, residing on a computer readable medium, having a plurality of instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a request to create a repeating meeting event on a calendar and scheduling computer system;

listing one or more instances of individual meetings of the repeating meeting event by the calendar and scheduling computer system;

receiving a request to modify at least one of the one or more instances of individual meetings by the calendar and scheduling computer system;

creating a modified repeating meeting event including one or more modified and unmodified instances of individual meetings by the calendar and scheduling computer system; and

sending the modified repeating meeting event to one or more recipients from the calendar and scheduling computer system.

8. The computer program product of claim 7 wherein the operations further comprise displaying a customization button on a computer display, wherein activation of the customization button triggers the listing of the one or more instances of individual meetings.

9. The computer program product of claim 7 wherein the request to modify at least one of the one or more instances of individual meetings includes a request to modify one or more of a date and time of the one or more instances of individual meetings.

10. The computer program product of claim 7 wherein the request to modify at least one of the one or more instances of individual meetings includes a request to modify a resource associated with the one or more instances of individual meetings.

11. The computer program product of claim 7 wherein the operations further comprise displaying a list of available resources associated with at least one of the instances of individual meetings, thus allowing a user to select one or more available resources from the list.

12. The computer program product of claim 7 wherein listing the one or more instances of individual meetings includes displaying the one or more instances of individual meetings on a display, thus allowing a user to select one or more of the instances of individual meetings for modification.

13. A calendar and scheduling computer system for sending modified repeating meetings events comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more memories;

one or more software instruction sets stored on the one or more memories, which, when executed by the one or more processors, perform operations comprising;

receiving a request to create a repeating meeting event on the calendar and scheduling computer system;

listing one or more instances of individual meetings of the repeating meeting event by the calendar and scheduling computer system;

receiving a request to modify at least one of the one or more instances of individual meetings by the calendar and scheduling computer system;

creating a modified repeating meeting event including one or more modified and unmodified instances of individual meetings by the calendar and scheduling computer system; and

sending the modified repeating meeting event to one or more recipients from the calendar and scheduling computer system.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the operations further comprise displaying a customization button on a computer display, wherein activation of the customization button triggers the listing of the one or more instances of individual meetings.

15. The system of claim 13 wherein the request to modify at least one of the one or more instances of individual meetings includes a request to modify one or more of a date and time of the one or more instances of individual meetings.

16. The system of claim 13 wherein the request to modify at least one of the one or more instances of individual meetings includes a request to modify a resource associated with the one or more instances of individual meetings.

17. The system of claim 13 wherein the operations further comprise displaying a list of available resources associated with at least one of the instances of individual meetings, thus allowing a user to select one or more available resources from the list.

18. The system of claim 13 wherein listing the one or more instances of individual meetings includes displaying the one or more instances of individual meetings on a display, thus allowing a user to select one or more of the instances of individual meetings for modification.