Method and system for conference room scheduling

• US 8,719,070 B2
• Filed: 09/26/2011
• Issued: 05/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jabbour, Fadi R., Lee, Eric H., Lee, David C., Lee, Johnny H.
• Primary Examiner(s): FLYNN, KEVIN H
• Application Number:
  US13/245,523
• Publication Number:
  US 20120016700A1
• Time in Patent Office: 953 Days
• Field of Search: 705/7.22, 705/7.25
• US Class Current: 705/7.22
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06312 Adjustment or analysis of established resource schedule, e.g. resource or task levelling, or dynamic rescheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06314 Calendaring for a resource
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0645 Rental transactions; Leasing transactions

Abstract

A method for conference room scheduling includes detecting a user in a first location, obtaining reservation information associated with the first location, determining based on the reservation information whether the first location is reserved and notifying the user whether the first location is reserved.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method executable on one or more processors for conference room scheduling, comprising:

detecting through one or more processors a first number of users present in a first meeting in progress in a first location;

obtaining through the one or more processors capacity information associated with the first location;

obtaining through the one or more processors capacity information associated with a second location; and

based on the capacity information associated with the first location and the capacity information associated with the second location, communicating through the one or more processors a request to at least one of the users present in the first meeting in progress in the first location to move the first meeting to the second location;

detecting through the one or more processors a second number of users present in a second meeting in progress in the second location;

based on the capacity information associated with the first location and the capacity information associated with the second location, communicating through the one or more processors a request to at least one of the users present in the second meeting in progress in the second location to move the second meeting to the first location; and

wherein the capacity information comprises a maximum number of users accommodable in a location.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising reserving through the one or more processors the second location for the users in the first meeting.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein communicating through the one or more processors a request to at least one of the users present in the first meeting in progress in the first location to move the first meeting to the second location comprises communicating through the one or more processors a request via e-mail to at least one of the users present in the first meeting in progress in the first location to move the first meeting to the second location.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein communicating through the one or more processors a request to at least one of the users present in the first meeting in progress in the first location to move the first meeting to the second location comprises communicating through the one or more processors a request via a phone call to at least one of the users present in the first meeting in progress in the first location to move the first meeting to the second location.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising changing through the one or more processors presence information associated with one or more of the first number of users based on the move of the first meeting to the second location.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to communicating through the one or more processors a request to at least one of the users present in the first meeting in progress in the first location to move the first meeting to the second location, requesting through the one or more processors confirmation from the at least one of the first number of users present in the first meeting in progress in the first location as to whether a reservation is desired.

3. A system for conference room scheduling, comprising:

a processor operable to;

detect a first number of users present in a first meeting in progress in a first location;

obtain capacity information associated with the first location; and

obtain capacity information associated with a second location; and

an interface coupled to the processor and operable to, based on the capacity information associated with the first location and the capacity information associated with the second location, communicate a request to at least one of the users present in the first meeting in progress in the first location to move the first meeting to the second location; and

wherein the capacity information comprises a maximum number of users accommodable in a location;

the processor is further operable to detect a second number of users present in a second meeting in progress in the second location; and

the interface is further operable to, based on the capacity information associated with the first location and the capacity information associated with the second location, communicate a request to at least one of the users present in the second meeting in progress in the second location to move the second meeting to the first location.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the processor is further operable to reserve the second location for the users in the first meeting.

10. The system of claim 3, wherein the interface operable to communicate a request to at least one of the users present in the first meeting in progress in the first location to move the first meeting to the second location comprises an interface operable to communicate a request via e-mail to at least one of the users present in the first meeting in progress in the first location to move the first meeting to the second location.

11. The system of claim 3, wherein the interface operable to communicate a request to at least one of the users present in the first meeting in progress in the first location to move the first meeting to the second location comprises an interface operable to communicate a request via a phone call to at least one of the users present in the first meeting in progress in the first location to move the first meeting to the second location.

12. The system of claim 3, wherein the processor is further operable to change presence information associated with one or more of the first number of users based on the move of the first meeting to the second location.

17. The system of claim 3, wherein the interface coupled to the processor is further operable to, prior to communicating a request to at least one of the users present in the first meeting in progress in the first location to move the first meeting to the second location, request confirmation from the at least one of the first number of users present in the first meeting in progress in the first location as to whether a reservation is desired.

5. Logic embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer readable medium comprising code operable to:

detect a first number of users present in a first meeting in progress in a first location;

obtain capacity information associated with the first location;

obtain capacity information associated with a second location;

based on the capacity information associated with the first location and the capacity information associated with the second location, communicate a request to at least one of the users present in the first meeting in progress in the first location to move the first meeting to the second location;

detect a second number of users present in a second meeting in progress in the second location; and

based on the capacity information associated with the first location and the capacity information associated with the second location, communicate a request to at least one of the users present in the second meeting in progress in the second location to move the second meeting to the first location; and

wherein the capacity information comprises a maximum number of users accommodable in a location.

6. The medium of claim 5, wherein the code is further operable to reserve the second location for the users in the first meeting.

13. The medium of claim 5, wherein the code operable to communicate a request to at least one of the users present in the first meeting in progress in the first location to move the first meeting to the second location comprises code operable to communicate a request via e-mail to at least one of the users present in the first meeting in progress in the first location to move the first meeting to the second location.

14. The medium of claim 5, wherein the code operable to communicate a request to at least one of the users present in the first meeting in progress in the first location to move the first meeting to the second location comprises code operable to communicate a request via a phone call to at least one of the users present in the first meeting in progress in the first location to move the first meeting to the second location.

15. The medium of claim 5, wherein the code is further operable to change presence information associated with one or more of the first number of users based on the move of the first meeting to the second location.

18. The medium of claim 5, wherein the computer readable medium comprising code is further operable to, prior to communicating a request to at least one of the users present in the first meeting in progress in the first location to move the first meeting to the second location, request confirmation from the at least one of the first number of users present in the first meeting in progress in the first location as to whether a reservation is desired.