Method and system for accessing declined event invitations
First Claim
1. A method, embodied in at least one computer system, for accessing declined event invitations, including steps performed by said computer system comprising:
- detecting that a user has declined at least one event invitation sent to the user inviting the user to at least one associated event occurring during a time slot that is unavailable in the user'"'"'s calendar;
storing the declined event invitation to a data store, in response to detecting that the user declined the event invitation;
determining, by the computer system, that the time slot in the user'"'"'s calendar has become available;
receiving notification that the time slot in the user'"'"'s calendar has become available;
retrieving, in response to receiving the notification that the time slot in the user'"'"'s calendar has become available, the stored declined event invitation; and
presenting, by the computer system, the retrieved declined event invitation to the user for acceptance by the user.
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Abstract
A method and system for accessing declined invitations is provided. The method includes receiving notification of an available time slot, retrieving stored declined event invitations, and presenting the declined event invitations to a user. The user can accept of a previously declined event invitation for the available time slot. When the user receives an event invitation and declines the event invitation, the method includes saving the declined event invitation to a data store from which it may be retrieved. Stored declined event invitations are deleted once the time of the event has passed.
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19 Claims
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1. A method, embodied in at least one computer system, for accessing declined event invitations, including steps performed by said computer system comprising:
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detecting that a user has declined at least one event invitation sent to the user inviting the user to at least one associated event occurring during a time slot that is unavailable in the user'"'"'s calendar; storing the declined event invitation to a data store, in response to detecting that the user declined the event invitation; determining, by the computer system, that the time slot in the user'"'"'s calendar has become available; receiving notification that the time slot in the user'"'"'s calendar has become available; retrieving, in response to receiving the notification that the time slot in the user'"'"'s calendar has become available, the stored declined event invitation; and presenting, by the computer system, the retrieved declined event invitation to the user for acceptance by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product including a non-signal computer readable storage medium, the computer readable medium having program code stored thereon for accessing declined event invitations, the program code comprising:
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program code for detecting that a user has declined at least one event invitation sent to the user inviting the user to at least one associated event occurring during a time slot that is unavailable in the user'"'"'s calendar; program code for storing the declined event invitations to a data store, in response to detecting that the user declined the event invitations; program code for determining that the time slot in the user'"'"'s calendar has become available; program code for receiving notification that the of an available time slot in the user'"'"'s calendar has become available; program code for retrieving, in response to receiving the notification that the time slot in the user'"'"'s calendar has become available the stored declined event invitations; and program code for presenting the retrieved declined event invitations to the a user for acceptance by the user.
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11. A system comprising:
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at least one processor and a computer readable memory, the computer readable memory having program code stored thereon for, when executed on the at least one processor, accessing declined event invitations, the program code comprising; program code for detecting that a user has declined at least one event invitation sent to the user inviting the user to at least one associated event occurring during a time slot that is unavailable in the user'"'"'s calendar; program code for storing the declined event invitations to a data store, in response to detecting that the user declined the event invitations; program code for determining that the time slot in the user'"'"'s calendar has become available; program code for receiving notification that the time slot in the user'"'"'s calendar has become available; program code for retrieving, in response to receiving the notification that the time slot in the user'"'"'s calendar has become available, the stored declined event invitations; and program code for presenting the declined event invitations to the user for acceptance by the user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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