Scheduling Events

• US 20160366079A1
• Filed: 06/09/2015
• Published: 12/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AirWatch LLC (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AirWatch LLC (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Razavian, Joseph Nickolas, Ramachandran, Suja
• Granted Patent: US 10,298,530 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes

Abstract

Disclosed are examples relating to scheduling events using devices in communication through a network. In some examples, an email message comprising an encoded data element is obtained. The encoded data element includes data that specifies a proposed time for an event. The data that specifies the proposed time for the event is extracted from the encoded data element. Content from the email message is rendered in a user interface. A user interface element is rendered within the user interface. The user interface element represents the proposed time for the event and an availability for the event at the proposed time.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of computer instructions executable by a computing device, the plurality of computer instructions being configured to cause the computing device to at least:

generate an email message comprising an encoded data element that specifies a plurality of proposed times for an event;

transmit the email message to at least a first recipient device and a second recipient device;

obtain a first response to the email message from the first recipient device, wherein the first response specifies a first selected proposed time;

obtain a second response to the email message from the second recipient device, wherein the second response specifies a second selected proposed time; and

determine a time for the event based on the first response and the second response.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the computer instructions are further configured to cause the computing device to at least:

generate, in response to determining the time, a calendar event for an electronic calendar; and

transmit an invitation for the calendar event to the first recipient device and the second recipient device.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first response comprises a first email message and the second response comprises a second email message, and wherein the plurality of computer instructions are further configured to cause the computing device to at least hide the first email message and the second email message from a user.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the encoded data element that specifies the plurality of proposed times for the event comprises data embedded in a header of the email message.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the encoded data element that specifies the plurality of proposed times for the event comprises hypertext markup language code embedded in a body of the email message.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the encoded data element comprises a marker that identifies that the email message comprises the encoded data element.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the computer instructions are configured to cause the computing device to determine the time for the event by at least weighting the first response from the first recipient device differently than the second response from the second recipient device.

8. A system, comprising:

a computing device; and

a client application executable by the computing device, wherein the client application, when executed by the computing device, is configured to cause the computing device to at least;

generate an email message comprising an encoded data element that specifies a plurality of proposed times for an event;

transmit the email message to at least a first recipient device and a second recipient device, wherein calendar data associated with the first recipient and the second recipient device is not shared with the client application;

obtain a first response to the email message from the first recipient device, wherein the first response specifies a first selected proposed time;

obtain a second response to the email message from the second recipient device, wherein the second response specifies a second selected proposed time;

obtain shared calendar data associated with a third recipient device; and

determine a time for the event based on the first response, the second response, and the shared calendar data.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the client application is further configured to cause the computing device to at least transmit an invitation to the event to the first recipient device and the second recipient device.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the first response comprises a first email message and the second response comprises a second email message, and wherein the client application is further configured to cause the computing device to at least hide the first email message and the second email message from a user.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the encoded data element that specifies the plurality of proposed times for the event comprises data embedded in a header of the email message.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the encoded data element that specifies the plurality of proposed times for the event comprises hypertext markup language code embedded in a body of the email message.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the encoded data element comprises a marker that identifies that the email message comprises the encoded data element.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the client application is configured to cause the computing device to determine the time for the event by at least weighting the first response from the first recipient device and the second response from the second recipient device.

15. The system of claim 8, wherein the client application is further configured to cause the computing device to at least:

render a user interface that represents a plurality of available times for the user; and

obtain a plurality of user selections of the plurality of proposed times for the event, wherein the plurality of proposed times comprise at least a subset of the plurality of available times.

16. A method, comprising:

generating an email message comprising an encoded data element that specifies a plurality of proposed times for an event;

transmitting the email message to at least a first recipient device and a second recipient device;

obtaining a first response to the email message from the first recipient device, wherein the first response specifies a first selected proposed time;

obtaining a second response to the email message from the second recipient device, wherein the second response specifies a second selected proposed time; and

transmitting an invitation to the event to the first recipient device and the second recipient device responsive to obtaining the first response and the second response.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the first response comprises a first email message, and wherein the second response comprises a second email message.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising designating the first email message and the second email message as a plurality of read email messages without the first email message or the second email message being presented to a user.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising removing the first email message and the second email message from an inbox without the first email message or the second email message being presented to a user.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising hiding the first response and the second response from a user.