SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TEMPORARY AND LIMITED GRANTS OF CALENDAR ACCESS
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Abstract
A system and method for providing temporary and limited grants of calendar access is provided. An invitee or its proxy may provide an event planner or time broker with a particular grant of calendar access comprising a date range, particular days of the week, and a particular time interval. The grant of calendar access allows the event planner to more easily identify a block of time for scheduling the particular event, the invitee calendar being updated in real-time. In some embodiments, the event planner may schedule the event and place the event directly on the invitee'"'"'s calendar.
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1. (canceled)
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2. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having an executable program embodied thereon, wherein execution of the program by a processor performs a method for granting access to calendar data associated with an invitee, the method comprising:
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receiving a request for access to calendar data that identifies a possible range of times in which an event may be scheduled, the request initiated by a computing device coupled to a network; aggregating a portion of calendar data, the portion of calendar data limited by a closed time interval defined by the owner of the calendar data, the closed time interval including; an ending date, at least one day of the week within the closed time interval, and a time of day interval; delivering the portion of the calendar data within the closed time interval over the network to the computing device that requested access to the calendar data without the need for concurrent invitee confirmation, wherein the delivery is made in response to a request for an event to be scheduled, and wherein calendar data not within the closed time interval is not delivered to the computing device; and updating the portion of the calendar data delivered over the network, wherein the updates to the portion of the calendar data occur in real-time. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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