Scheduling subsidiary meeting locations
First Claim
1. A method for scheduling subsidiary meeting locations for a meeting in a collaborative environment, the method comprising the steps of:
- sending a meeting invitation to a selection of invitees in the collaborative environment for at least one primary location;
processing within a meeting host executing in a computer system, both complete acceptances and declinations to said meeting invitation from individual ones of said invitees for said primary location, and also partial acceptances to said meeting invitation from a set of said invitees in said selection a set of the partial acceptances requesting an alternative location that is different than the primary location;
determining within the meeting host for said partial acceptances whether or not the alternative location has been designated as an acceptable subsidiary location or whether the alternative location has not yet been designated an acceptable subsidiary location; and
,responsive to a threshold value being exceeded based upon a number of invitees in said set of invitees designating said alternative location that is determined to not yet have been designated an acceptable subsidiary location, designating said alternative location as an acceptable subsidiary location and processing acceptances for said set of invitees.
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Abstract
A method, system and apparatus for scheduling subsidiary meeting locations can include sending an invitation to a selection of invitees to a meeting in a collaborative environment for at least one primary location. The method further can include processing both complete acceptances and declinations to the meeting from individual ones of the invitees for the primary location, and also partial acceptances to the meeting from a set of the invitees in the selection. In respect to the partial acceptances, an alternative location to the primary location can be determined which has not already been designated as an acceptable subsidiary location to the meeting. In response, when a number of invitees in the set of invitees exceed a threshold value, the alternative location can be designated as an acceptable subsidiary location to the meeting. Consequently, acceptances can be processed for the set of invitees.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for scheduling subsidiary meeting locations for a meeting in a collaborative environment, the method comprising the steps of:
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sending a meeting invitation to a selection of invitees in the collaborative environment for at least one primary location; processing within a meeting host executing in a computer system, both complete acceptances and declinations to said meeting invitation from individual ones of said invitees for said primary location, and also partial acceptances to said meeting invitation from a set of said invitees in said selection a set of the partial acceptances requesting an alternative location that is different than the primary location; determining within the meeting host for said partial acceptances whether or not the alternative location has been designated as an acceptable subsidiary location or whether the alternative location has not yet been designated an acceptable subsidiary location; and
,responsive to a threshold value being exceeded based upon a number of invitees in said set of invitees designating said alternative location that is determined to not yet have been designated an acceptable subsidiary location, designating said alternative location as an acceptable subsidiary location and processing acceptances for said set of invitees. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for scheduling subsidiary meeting locations in a collaborative environment, the system comprising:
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a meeting scheduling application disposed in a meeting host executing in a computing system; a schedule of meetings accessible by said meeting scheduling application having primary locations and designated subsidiary locations; and
,subsidiary location designation logic coupled to said meeting scheduling application, executing in the computing system and programmed to determine, for partial acceptances to an invitation to a meeting, an alternative location to a primary location for said meeting specified by several of the partial acceptances which has not already been designated as a subsidiary location to said meeting; and
,responsive to a threshold value being exceeded based upon a number of invitees associated with said partial acceptances that have specified the alternative location, designating said alternative location as an acceptable subsidiary location to said meeting and processing acceptances for said invitees.
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9. A machine readable hardware storage device having stored thereon a computer program for scheduling subsidiary meeting locations for a meeting in a collaborative environment, the computer program comprising a routine set of instructions which when executed by the machine causes the machine to perform the steps of:
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sending a meeting invitation to a selection of invitees in the collaborative environment for at least one primary location; processing both complete acceptances and declinations to said meeting invitation from individual ones of said invitees for said primary location, and also partial acceptances to said meeting invitation from a set of said invitees in said selection a set of the partial acceptances requesting an alternative location that is different than the primary location; determining within the meeting host for said partial acceptances whether or not the alternative location has been designated as an acceptable subsidiary location or whether the alternative location has not yet been designated an acceptable subsidiary location; and
,responsive to a threshold value being exceeded based upon a number of invitees in said set of invitees designating said alternative location that is determined to not yet have been designated an acceptable subsidiary location, designating said alternative location as an acceptable subsidiary location and processing acceptances for said set of invitees. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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