Method and apparatus for profile transposition to calendar events

• US 5,491,626 A
• Filed: 06/16/1993
• Issued: 02/13/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Salahshour, Abdorelza, Williams, Marvin L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kulik, Paul V.
• Application Number:
  US08/078,668
• Time in Patent Office: 972 Days
• Field of Search: 395/600, 395/425, 395/161, 395/159, 395/145-149, 364/705.08, 364/401, 364/407
• US Class Current: 705/7.24
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06314 Calendaring for a resource
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 715/963 Calendar or scheduling

Abstract

Predefined and recurring facility attributes are stored and associated with a graphical object/icon on a computer system. When an event is to be scheduled and the facility requirements match one of the icons previously created, the icon, may be dropped onto an on-line scheduler program. The scheduler will then search all available facilities to obtain a results list containing those facilities that match the required attributes.

Claims

1. A method of simplifying scheduling of a new event into a facility which requires attributes similar to those selected for a previously scheduled event using a computer system scheduling program, comprising the steps of:

providing a graphical object to represent a non-specific facility on the computer system;

associating at least one recurring and required attribute with said non-specific facility for display with said graphical object; and

directly manipulating said graphical object onto a scheduling program on the computer system in order to obtain a listing of available specific facilities matching said at least one recurring and required attribute, wherein a user may select one of said available specific facilities without manually entering facility requirements each time an event is to be scheduled into a facility requiring similar attributes.

2. A computer system, including a scheduling program, for simplifying scheduling of a new event into a facility which requires attributes similar to those selected for a previously scheduled event, comprising:

means for providing a graphical object to represent a non-specific facility on the computer system;

means for associating at least one recurring and required attribute with said non-specific facility for display with said graphical object; and

means for directly manipulating said graphical object onto a scheduling program on the computer system in order to obtain a listing of available specific facilities matching said at least one recurring and required attribute, wherein a user may select one of said available specific facilities without manually entering facility requirements each time an event is to be scheduled into a facility requiring similar attributes.