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EP0142067A2 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

A method of scheduling a meeting among several terminal users

Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1984-10-19
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2004-10-19
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Abstract

Abstract U A method of scheduling a meeting among terminal users who are provided with calendaring applications for storing and retrieving timed and dated events, consisting in presenting to a meeting scheduler with a prompting screen with blanks for keying in desired times and dates, and prospective attendees, and based on keying to this screen comparising with the prospective attendees' calendars of events. The result of the comparison is an option list which is presented to the scheduler for selecting an available meeting time. Based on a selection from the option list, a meeting notification screen is built for transmitting to the attendees.

Inventors

  • 👤 Donald Eugene Curtis
  • 👤 James Philip Vincent
  • 👤 Mary Elizabeth Weidmann

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 03:56
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/10; G06Q10/109; G04; G04G; G04G11/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 93 words
A method of scheduling a meeting using attendee calendars, in a configuration comprising at least a keyboard/display terminal connected to a host system with a storage for storing the calendars of the attendees being characterized in that it comprises : a) presenting a scheduler with a prompting screen on said display for keying in prospective attendees and desired times for a meeting; b) comparing said attendees and times with said attendee calendars; and c) presenting an option list to said scheduler, displaying on said display available times for selection of a meeting time.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 93 words
A method of scheduling a meeting using attendee calendars, in a configuration comprising at least a keyboard/display terminal connected to a host system with a storage for storing the calendars of the attendees being characterized in that it comprises : a) presenting a scheduler with a prompting screen on said display for keying in prospective attendees and desired times for a meeting; b) comparing said attendees and times with said attendee calendars; and c) presenting an option list to said scheduler, displaying on said display available times for selection of a meeting time.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 28 words
The method according to Claim 1 wherein said step of presenting a prompting screen includes presenting a screen for keying in a date range and a time span.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 26 words
The method according to Claim 1 or 2 wherein said step of presenting an option list includes providing an ability to select an exact meeting time.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 13 words
The method according to Claim 3 including notifying each attendee of said meeting.
Claim 6
Independent Claim 27 words
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4 including presenting a notification screen to said scheduler for keying in a purpose of said meeting.
Claim 7
Independent Claim 33 words
The method according to any one of the preceding claims including presenting a notification screen to said scheduler for keying in a location of said meeting. A METHOD OF SCHEDULING A MEETING AMONG

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