MANAGING THE SCHEDULING OF EVENTS

• US 20120096385A1
• Filed: 10/19/2010
• Published: 04/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bank, Judith Helen, Bradley, Lisa Marie Wood, Price, Dana Lea, Brown, Jason Michael
• Application Number:
  US12/907,180
• Publication Number:
  US 20120096385A1
• 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

Abstract

A method for managing scheduling of events includes receiving a constraint for a type of event and limiting scheduling of the type of event based on the constraint for the type of event. A computerized event management system includes a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to have a constraint for a type of event and limit the scheduling of the type of event based on the constraint for the type of event.

Claims

1. A method for managing scheduling of events performed by a computerized event management system, the method comprising:

with said computerized event management system, receiving a constraint for a type of event; and

with said computerized event management system, limiting scheduling of said type of event based on said constraint.

2. The method of claim 1, in which said constraint comprises an allowed total amount of time within a specified time window.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising, with said computerized event management system, displaying remaining time available for said type of event in response to a request to schedule an event of said type of event.

4. The method of claim 1, in which said constraint comprises an allowed number of events of said type within a specified time window.

5. The method of claim 1, in which said constraint for said type of event is manually preset by a user of said computerized event management system.

6. The method of claim 1, in which said event type is specified by a user of said computerized event management system.

7. The method of claim 1, in which said event type is specified by an organization associated with a network used by said computerized calendar event system.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising, with said computerized event management system, automatically assigning an event type to an event based on a characteristic of said event.

9. The method of claim 8 in which said characteristic comprises a title given to said event.

10. The method of claim 8, in which said characteristic comprises an entity associated with said event.

11. A computerized event management system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory communicatively coupled to said processor;

in which said processor is configured to;

have a constraint for a type of event; and

limit scheduling of said type of event based on said constraint.

12. The system of claim 11, in which said constraint comprises an allowed total amount of time within a specified time window.

13. The system of claim 12, in which said processor is further configured to display available time for said type of event in response to a request to schedule an event of said type of event.

14. The system of claim 11, in which said constraint comprises an allowed number of events within a specified time window.

15. The system of claim 11, in which said allowed amount of time within said time window for said type of event is preset by a user of said computerized event management system.

16. The system of claim 11, in which said event type is specified by a user of said computerized event management system.

17. The system of claim 11, in which said event type is specified by an organization associated with a network used by said computerized calendar event system.

18. The system of claim 11, in which said processor is further configured to automatically assign an event to an event type based on a characteristic of said event.

19. The system of claim 11, in which said characteristic comprises at least one of:

a title given to said event and an entity associated with said event.

20. A computer program product for event management, said computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable code embodied therewith, said computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to recognize a constraint for a type of event; and

computer readable program code configured to limit scheduling of said type of event based on said constraint.