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US4817018A
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Electronic calendaring method which provides for automatic assignment of alternates in requested events
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1987-01-29
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Granted: 1989-03-28
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Expires: 2007-01-29
Abstract
Abstract An electronic calendaring method for use in a data processing system that has a plurality of interactive type work stations (terminals or personal computers) connected directly or indirectly to a host processor. The method assists a calendar owner who receives a notice at his work station requesting his involvement in a future event that is being calendared by another calendar owner on the system, to manually or automatically designate in the reply a temporary alternate to attend the meeting being calendared or a permenant alternate to attend all future meetings without affecting his status in the system as a receipient of the meeting notice.
Inventors
- 👤 Charles M. N. Cree
- 👤 Grady J. Landry
- 👤 Keith J. Scully
- 👤 Harinder S. Singh
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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google_patents
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2026-11-01 23:46
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09D; G09D3/00; G09D3/12; G06; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/10; G06Q10/109; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S715/00; Y10S715/971
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
262 words
An electronic calendaring method for use in a data processing system having a plurality of interactive type work stations connected directly or indirectly to a host processing unit and in which a first calendar owner receives a response from a second calendar owner as a result of a meeting notice sent through said system to said second calendar owner at the time said first owner is calendaring a meeting type event, said method selectively developing said response automatically, based on criteria that are pre-established by said second owner, said method comprising the steps of; (a) establishing a first data structure for use by said system during the calendaring of an event by said first owner including a plurality of fields for storing data relevant to said event, (b) establishing a second data structure for use by said system in developing an automatic response upon receiving said meeting notice from said first owner including a plurality of predefined fields for storing data entered into said system by said second owner including (1) criteria type data and (2) response type data which designates an alternate for said second owner to attend said meeting, (c) comparing said criteria type data stored in said second data structure to data stored in said first data structure when said meeting notice is received by said second owner, and (d) developing said response automatically to include the identity of said alternate when said comparing step indicates a predetermined relationship between one or more of said criteria type data and the corresponding respective data stored in said first data structure.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
262 words
An electronic calendaring method for use in a data processing system having a plurality of interactive type work stations connected directly or indirectly to a host processing unit and in which a first calendar owner receives a response from a second calendar owner as a result of a meeting notice sent through said system to said second calendar owner at the time said first owner is calendaring a meeting type event, said method selectively developing said response automatically, based on criteria that are pre-established by said second owner, said method comprising the steps of; (a) establishing a first data structure for use by said system during the calendaring of an event by said first owner including a plurality of fields for storing data relevant to said event, (b) establishing a second data structure for use by said system in developing an automatic response upon receiving said meeting notice from said first owner including a plurality of predefined fields for storing data entered into said system by said second owner including (1) criteria type data and (2) response type data which designates an alternate for said second owner to attend said meeting, (c) comparing said criteria type data stored in said second data structure to data stored in said first data structure when said meeting notice is received by said second owner, and (d) developing said response automatically to include the identity of said alternate when said comparing step indicates a predetermined relationship between one or more of said criteria type data and the corresponding respective data stored in said first data structure.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method recited in claim 1 in which said step of developing said response automatically includes the step of responding to said first calendar owner in accordance with the response data stored in said second data structure.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
54 words
The method recited in claim 2 in which each said workstation includes a display and keyboard and further including the step of displaying to said second calendar owner a criteria screen to assist said second owner to interactively enter said criteria type data and said response type data into said system through said keyboard.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method recited in claim 3 further including the step of displaying to said first calendar owner a screen to assist said first owner to interactively enter said data relevant to said event through said keyboard.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method recited in claim 4 further including the step of storing said criteria type data and said response type data entered into said system by said second owner in said plurality of predefined fields of said second data structure.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method recited in claim 5 further including the step of storing said data relevant to said event entered into said system by said first owner in said plurality of fields of said first data structure.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
73 words
The method recited in claim 6 in which said step of establishing said first data structure includes the step of establishing an event identifier field for storing a unique identifier for an event at the time said event is being calendared and said step of establishing said second data structure further includes the step of establishing one of said predefined fields for storing said unique identifier as one of said criteria type data.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
72 words
The method recited in claim 7 further including the step of establishing a third data structure for storing a list of the names of selected calendar owners including their respective system addresses and a name for said list,and said step of establishing said second data structure further includes the step of establishing one of said predefined fields for storing the name of the meeting caller as one of said criteria type data.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
81 words
The method recited in claim 8 in which said step of establishing said third data structure further includes the step of establishing a first field for each name on said list to store an indication of that owners role, and a second field for each said name on said list for storing an indication of that owners status and a third field for storing the ID of a calendared event with which said said third data structure is to be used.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
66 words
The method recited in claim 9 in which said step of displaying to said second owner a criteria screen to assist said second owner to interactively enter said response type data into said system through said keyboard includes the step of displaying prompts which solicit the name and address of an alternate to attend said event and an indication as to whether the assignment is permanent.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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