AUTOMATIC MEETING SCHEDULING AND AVAILABLE TIME DISPLAY
First Claim
1. A method of meeting scheduling, said method comprising:
- transmitting a request, said request prompting a recipient device to formulate and return a response;
receiving said response, said response including an indication of an available recipient meeting time;
determining a candidate meeting time, said candidate meeting time coincident with said available recipient meeting time and an available meeting organizer meeting time; and
initiating insertion of a meeting record into a data-store, said meeting record specifying said candidate meeting time.
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Abstract
Automatic meeting scheduling may be facilitated without the need to open a calendar application to discuss and discover shared available time. A meeting organizer may send a request to one or more potential meeting participants. Based on responses received from the device of the potential meeting participants, the device of the meeting organizer may determine coincidentally available meeting times. The device may automatically select a candidate meeting time from among the coincidentally available meeting times or may rely on the meeting organizer to select a candidate meeting time from among the coincidentally available meeting times. Typical meeting scheduling may then ensue.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of meeting scheduling, said method comprising:
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transmitting a request, said request prompting a recipient device to formulate and return a response; receiving said response, said response including an indication of an available recipient meeting time; determining a candidate meeting time, said candidate meeting time coincident with said available recipient meeting time and an available meeting organizer meeting time; and initiating insertion of a meeting record into a data-store, said meeting record specifying said candidate meeting time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus comprising:
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a communication subsystem adapted to; transmit a request, said request prompting a recipient to formulate and return a response; and receive said response, said response including an indication of an available recipient meeting time; and a processor adapted to; determine a candidate meeting time, said candidate meeting time coincident with said available recipient meeting time and an available meeting organizer meeting time; and initiate insertion of a meeting record into a data-store, said meeting record specifying said candidate meeting time. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions that, when performed by a processor, cause said processor to:
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transmit a request, said request prompting a recipient to formulate and return a response; receive said response, said response including an indication of an available recipient meeting time; determine a candidate meeting time, said candidate meeting time coincident with said available recipient meeting time and an available meeting organizer meeting time; and initiate insertion of a meeting record into a data-store, said meeting record specifying said candidate meeting time. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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