Agenda awareness in a communication client

• US 7,756,811 B2
• Filed: 12/14/2006
• Issued: 07/13/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Facemire, Michael Dennis, Cohen, Gabriel Aaron, Grigsby, Travis M., Haynes, Thomas Richard
• Primary Examiner(s): To; Baoquoc N
• Application Number:
  US11/639,499
• Publication Number:
  US 20080147733A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,307 Days
• Field of Search: 707/3, 707/6, 707/10
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

A method is provided for promoting agenda awareness in a communication client. A system user'"'"'s agenda of tasks with associated contact information is provided to the communication client. Matches are sought between the associated contact information from the agenda and a contact in a contact list in the communication client. Contacts matching the associated contact information and the tasks associated with the contact information are presented at a user interface.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for promoting agenda awareness in a communication client, said method comprising the steps of:

providing a system user'"'"'s agenda of tasks including respective associated contact information to the communication client;

searching for matches of the associated contact information from the agenda to a contact in a contact list in the communication client; and

presenting contacts matching the associated contact information and the tasks associated with the contact information at a user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the search for matches comprises searching for matches of open discussion items in the task descriptions in the agenda of tasks to a contact in the contact list.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the search for matches comprises searching for matches of an approaching due date in the task descriptions in the agenda of tasks to a contact in the contact list.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the search for matches comprises searching for matches of a recently passed due date in the task descriptions in the agenda of tasks to a contact in the contact list.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the search for matches comprises searching for matches of a newly undertaken task in the task descriptions in the agenda of tasks to a contact in the contact list.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the search for matches comprises searching for matches of a recently completed task in the task descriptions in the agenda of tasks to a contact in the contact list.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the search for matches comprises searching for matches of a recently delegated task in the task descriptions in the agenda of tasks to a contact in the contact list.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the search for matches comprises searching for matches of a newly proposed task in the task descriptions in the agenda of tasks in conflict with an existing task commitment to a contact in the contact list.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the associated contact information is a name of an individual associated with a task.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the associated contact information is a role of an individual associated with a task.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the associated contact information is a name of an individual attempting to contact the system user.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

enabling a communication client user to mark a task completed from the communication session.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

automatically marking a task completed from a communication session based on content analysis of the communication session.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of providing a system user'"'"'s agenda of tasks with associated contact information to the communication client comprises retrieving agenda information from a remote data source while searching for matches with a selected contact.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein contacts matching the associated contact information are presented segregated by task type.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein contacts matching the associated contact information are presented with a priority flag.

17. A program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embedded thereon for managing response requested messages, said program product comprising:

computer-readable program code for providing a system user'"'"'s agenda of tasks including respective associated contact information to the communication client;

computer-readable program code for searching for matches of the associated contact information from the agenda to a contact in a contact list in the communication client; and

computer-readable program code for presenting contacts matching the associated contact information and the tasks associated with the contact information at a user interface.

18. The program product of claim 17, further comprising:

computer-readable program code for enabling a communication client user to mark a task completed from the communication session.

19. The program product of claim 17, further comprising:

computer-readable program code for automatically marking a task completed from a communication session based on content analysis of the communication session.

20. The program product of claim 17, wherein the program product is a data storage media.

21. A system for promoting agenda awareness in a communication client, said system comprising a networked communication client having:

a processing unit executing code,

a memory unit for storing a user'"'"'s agenda of tasks and contact list, and

a display for presenting the user'"'"'s contact list;

wherein the processing unit executes code from the memory unit to search for matches of the associated contact information from the agenda to a contact in a contact list, and presents contacts matching the associated contact information and the tasks associated with the contact information at the display.