Techniques for visual integration of meeting space in calendar systems
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1. A method implemented within a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as executable instructions executed by a computer, the method, comprising:
- receiving, by a computer an email having a meeting request for a time slot and at a meeting room;
generating, by a calendar application integrated and processing as a subservice within an email client that executes on the computer, a map representing a physical location for the meeting room within a building, and including within the map hypertext linkages for the physical location and other locations within the building and when the hypertext linkages are activated causing by the calendar application to present on the computer the map as an interactive map depicting other maps, text, images, graphical elements, video and audio; and
presenting, on the computer and within the email the interactive map for interaction and manipulation by a recipient of the email.
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Abstract
Techniques for visual integration of meeting spaces within a calendar system are presented. A meeting room can be viewed via a map and selected for scheduling a meeting. The map depicts the location of the meeting room within a facility of an enterprise. A meeting scheduler visually sees the meeting room within the map and can select the meeting room and acquire details about the meeting room.
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1. A method implemented within a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as executable instructions executed by a computer, the method, comprising:
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receiving, by a computer an email having a meeting request for a time slot and at a meeting room; generating, by a calendar application integrated and processing as a subservice within an email client that executes on the computer, a map representing a physical location for the meeting room within a building, and including within the map hypertext linkages for the physical location and other locations within the building and when the hypertext linkages are activated causing by the calendar application to present on the computer the map as an interactive map depicting other maps, text, images, graphical elements, video and audio; and presenting, on the computer and within the email the interactive map for interaction and manipulation by a recipient of the email. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method implemented within a non-transitory computer-readable medium as executable instructions executed by a computer, the method, comprising:
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obtaining, by the computer, an email having a request for a meeting at a meeting room, the email having an embedded interactive map; activating, by the computer, the interactive map when selected within the email, and presenting the interactive map on the computer providing details relevant to an attendee of the meeting and the meeting room; and responding, by the computer, to activations of hypertext linkages embedded in the interactive map by a calendar application processed as a subservice of an email client that executes on the computer, the attendee making the activations of the hypertext links when interacting with the interactive map within the email and the hypertext links causing presentations of a blueprint of a building where the meeting room is located and other locations within the building that the computer presents based on the activations as;
other maps, text, images, graphical elements, video, and audio. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A system, comprising,
an email server configured with executable instructions residing in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the executable instructions executed by one or more processors of the email server and the executable instructions representing at least a portion of an email system; - and
an email client residing in a non-transitory computer-readable as executable instructions that execute on a computer, and the email client represent another portion of the email system, wherein the email client is adapted and configured to;
i) execute on a processor of the computer, ii) receive an invitation to a meeting at a designated meeting room within an email, and ii) generate, present, and provide an interactive map relevant to an attendee of the meeting and the meeting room within the email, wherein the interactive map comprising hypertext linkages representing a blueprint of a building where the meeting room is located and other locations within the building that when selectively activated by the attendee interacting with the interactive map within the email cause the email client to present on the computer other maps, text, images, graphical elements, video, and audio. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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