Adding meeting information to a meeting notice

• US 20040078436A1
• Filed: 10/18/2002
• Published: 04/22/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Szabo, Robert M., Demsky, Scott H.
• Application Number:
  US10/273,768
• Publication Number:
  US 20040078436A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

Within an electronic meeting notification system, a method of scheduling meetings can include storing meeting attribute information within a user profile of the meeting notification system and receiving a user request to schedule a meeting. A user can be prompted whether to automatically include at least a portion of the meeting attribute information within a meeting notification to be distributed to meeting participants.

Claims

1. Within an electronic meeting notification system, a method of scheduling meetings comprising:

storing meeting attribute information within a user profile of the meeting notification system;

receiving a user request to schedule a meeting; and

prompting a user whether to automatically include at least a portion of the meeting attribute information within a meeting notification to be distributed to meeting participants.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the meeting attribute information specifies perpetual teleconference information pertaining to a teleconference to take place during the meeting.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the perpetual teleconference information specifies instructions for accessing the teleconference including at least one perpetual teleconference number for connecting to the teleconference.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the meeting attribute information specifies perpetual electronic meeting information pertaining to an electronic meeting to take place during the meeting.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the perpetual electronic meeting information specifies at least a perpetual electronic meeting address at which the electronic meeting can be accessed.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the meeting attribute information specifies at least one of preferred attire for the meeting, a meeting location, and a topic for the meeting.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request to include at least a portion of the meeting attribute information within the meeting notification;

retrieving the user specified meeting attribute information from the user profile;

generating the meeting notification; and

automatically including the user specified meeting attribute information within the meeting notification.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving a user input designating at least one meeting participant to which the meeting notification is to be distributed.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

distributing the meeting notification to the designated meeting participants.

10. A machine-readable storage, having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:

storing meeting attribute information within a user profile of the meeting notification system;

receiving a user request to schedule a meeting; and

prompting a user whether to automatically include at least a portion of the meeting attribute information within a meeting notification to be distributed to meeting participants.

11. The machine-readable storage of claim 10, wherein the meeting attribute information specifies perpetual teleconference information pertaining to a teleconference to take place during the meeting.

12. The machine-readable storage of claim 11, wherein the perpetual teleconference information specifies instructions for accessing the teleconference including at least one perpetual teleconference number for connecting to the teleconference.

13. The machine-readable storage of claim 10, wherein the meeting attribute information specifies perpetual electronic meeting information pertaining to an electronic meeting to take place during the meeting.

14. The machine-readable storage of claim 13, wherein the perpetual electronic meeting information specifies at least a perpetual electronic meeting address at which the electronic meeting can be accessed.

15. The machine-readable storage of claim 10, wherein the meeting attribute information specifies at least one of preferred attire for the meeting, a meeting location, and a topic for the meeting.

16. The machine-readable storage of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving a request to include at least a portion of the meeting attribute information within the meeting notification;

retrieving the user specified meeting attribute information from the user profile;

generating the meeting notification; and

automatically including the user specified meeting attribute information within the meeting notification.

17. The machine-readable storage of claim 16, further comprising:

receiving a user input designating at least one meeting participant to which the meeting notification is to be distributed.

18. The machine-readable storage of claim 17, further comprising:

distributing the meeting notification to the designated meeting participants.