CREATING AND MANAGING LOCATION BASED MEETINGS

• US 20120005613A1
• Filed: 06/30/2010
• Published: 01/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2010
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: O'Sullivan, Patrick Joseph, Zimmet, Carol Sue, Lyle, Ruthie D., Raguillat, Fred, Callanan, Sean
• Application Number:
  US12/827,309
• Publication Number:
  US 20120005613A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/772
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission

Abstract

A method and computer program product for creating and managing location based meetings is described. A method may comprise creating a local meeting entry, the local meeting entry referencing a global meeting entry in a different location. The method may further comprise propagating a schedule change in the global meeting entry to the local meeting entry. The method may also comprise rescheduling a resource reserved for the local meeting entry based upon, at least in part, the schedule change in the global meeting entry.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

creating, via at least one of a client electronic device and a server computer, a local meeting entry, the local meeting entry referencing a global meeting entry in a different location;

propagating, via at least one of the client electronic device and the server computer, a schedule change in the global meeting entry to the local meeting entry; and

rescheduling, via at least one of the client electronic device and the server computer, a resource reserved for the local meeting entry based upon, at least in part, the schedule change in the global meeting entry.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

inheriting meeting information from the global meeting entry to the local meeting entry.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the global meeting entry and the local meeting entry, wherein the local meeting entry includes a local meeting entry identifier.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

accepting the global meeting entry automatically, based upon, at least in part, acceptance of the local meeting entry.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein a global meeting entry creator and a local meeting entry creator both receive the acceptance of the local meeting entry.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising;

removing the global meeting entry from display upon acceptance of the local meeting entry.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising;

restricting access to global meeting entries and local meeting entries, wherein restricting access includes allowing only invitees of the global meeting entry to be invited to the local meeting entry.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the resource reserved for the global meeting entry is required for the local meeting entry.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

selecting an alternative resource if the original resource reserved is no longer available for a new meeting time based upon, at least in part, the schedule change.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

restricting alternative resources available to be selected if the original resource is no longer available for the new meeting time.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

dynamically updating the local meeting entry based upon, at least in part, a location of the local meeting entry.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

notifying a global meeting entry creator if at least one of;

a local meeting entry creator declines the local meeting entry;

the local meeting entry creator delegates the local meeting entry; and

the local meeting entry is not scheduled.

13. 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:

creating the local meeting entry referencing a global meeting entry in a different location;

propagating a schedule change in the global meeting entry to the local meeting entry; and

rescheduling a resource reserved for the local meeting entry based upon, at least in part, the schedule change in the global meeting entry.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising instructions for:

inheriting meeting information from the global meeting entry to the local meeting entry.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising instructions for:

displaying the global meeting entry and the local meeting entry, wherein the local meeting entry includes a local meeting entry identifier.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising instructions for:

accepting the global meeting entry automatically, based upon, at least in part, acceptance of the local meeting entry.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein a global meeting entry creator and a local meeting entry creator both receive the acceptance of the local meeting entry.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising instructions for:

removing the global meeting entry from display upon acceptance of the local meeting entry.

19. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising instructions for:

restricting access to global meeting entries and local meeting entries, wherein restricting access includes allowing only invitees of the global meeting entry to be invited to the local meeting entry.

20. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the resource reserved for the global meeting entry is required for the local meeting entry.

21. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising instructions for:

selecting an alternative resource if the original resource reserved is no longer available for a new meeting time based upon, at least in part, the schedule change.

22. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising instructions for:

restricting alternative resources available to be selected if the original resource is no longer available for the new meeting time.

23. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising instructions for:

dynamically updating the local meeting entry based upon, at least in part, a location of the local meeting entry.

24. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising instructions for:

notifying a global meeting entry creator if at least one of;

a local meeting entry creator declines the local meeting entry;

the local meeting entry creator delegates the local meeting entry; and

the local meeting entry is not scheduled.