Method and System for Scheduling a Meeting for a Set of Attendees Via a Special Attendee

• US 20110167356A1
• Filed: 03/18/2011
• Published: 07/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AOL Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Mansour, Steve
• Granted Patent: US 8,239,236 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/751
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06311 Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063116 Schedule adjustment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment

Abstract

A method for scheduling a meeting for a set of recipients is provided. The set of recipients includes a special attendee and at least one additional attendee including a meeting organizer. The method includes obtaining an initial meeting request from the meeting organizer. The meeting request does not specify meeting commencement information corresponding to at least one of a start time and a date. The method also includes generating a user interface for displaying the initial meeting request to the special attendee. The method also includes collecting input designated by the special attendee from the user interface. The input specifies the meeting commencement information. The method further includes transmitting the collected input. The collected input is used to generate an updated meeting request designating the set of recipients and specifying the meeting commencement information.

Claims

1-41. -41. (canceled)

42. A method for scheduling a meeting for a set of recipients, wherein the set of recipients includes a special attendee and at least one additional attendee, the at least one additional attendee including a meeting organizer, the method comprising:

obtaining an initial meeting request from the meeting organizer, wherein the meeting request does not specify meeting commencement information, the meeting commencement information corresponding to at least one of a start time and a date;

generating a user interface for displaying the initial meeting request to the special attendee;

collecting input designated by the special attendee from the user interface, wherein the input specifies the meeting commencement information; and

transmitting the collected input, wherein the collected input is used to generate an updated meeting request, the updated meeting request designating the set of recipients and specifying the meeting commencement information.

43. The method of claim 42, further comprising obtaining the updated meeting request.

44. The method of claim 42, wherein the initial meeting request includes a duration of the meeting.

45. The method of claim 42, wherein the initial meeting request includes an identification of the set of recipients designated to attend the meeting and wherein the collected input further includes a modification to the identification of the set of recipients.

46. The method of claim 42, wherein the user interface includes a meeting request queue for display of the initial meeting request.

47. The method of claim 46, wherein the initial meeting request is to be displayed in the meeting request queue until the meeting commencement information is collected.

48. The method of claim 46, wherein the user interface further includes a calendar display to be provided adjacent to the meeting request queue, the calendar display providing a reference to at least one of an available start time and an available date associated with the special attendee.

49. The method of claim 48, wherein collecting input designated by the special attendee from the user interface comprises identifying movement of the initial meeting request from the meeting request queue to the calendar display.

50. The method of claim 42, wherein the initial meeting request includes a meeting agenda and wherein the collected input further includes a modification by the special attendee to the meeting agenda.