COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCHEDULING, AND SENDING INDIVIDUALIZED ELECTRONIC INVITES TO, A COMPOUND MEETING

摘要

Computerized systems and methods allow a user, in a single set up process, to set up multiple sub-meetings in a compound meeting and have individualized invites sent to the invited individuals. A dynamic, interactive calendar graphic can be used where the user can drag meeting time indicators for each invited individual to desired time slots. Once suitable meeting times are established, the user can cause the invites to be sent electronically to each invitee, and each invite is individualized to the meeting start and stop times for the recipient.

主权项

1. A computer system comprising:
an application server system that hosts an application; a messaging server system in communication with the application server system; a client-computing device in communication with the application server system via an electronic data communication network, wherein the client-computing device is for:
accessing the application hosted by the application server system with the client computing device;receiving inputs from a user of the client computing device, via the application, to schedule a compound meeting that comprises two or more sub-meetings, wherein:
each sub-meeting is scheduled to include two or more invited individuals;at least one sub-meeting has a non-identical set of invited individuals, such that collectively the compound meeting has three or more invited individuals, with each of the invited individuals being invited to at least one of the sub-meetings;the compound meeting has a compound meeting start time and a compound meeting stop time;each of the two or more sub-meetings has a sub-meeting start time and sub-meeting stop time;the compound meeting is scheduled by at least:
the client computing device opening a compound meeting scheduling window on the client-computing device in response to a command from a user of the client-computing device to schedule the compound meeting;the client-computing device receiving a selection of the three or more invited individuals to receive invites to attend the compound meeting in response to one or more invitee inputs from the user of the client-computing device that are specified via the compound meeting scheduling window; andreceiving start and stop times for each of the three or more invited individuals from the user of the client-computing device that are specified via the compound meeting scheduling window, wherein: the received start and stop times for a first invited individual coincides with the compound meeting start time and the compound meeting stop time respectively; the received start and stop times for a second invited individual coincides with the sub-meeting start time and the sub-meeting stop time respectively of a first sub-meeting; and the received start and stop time for a third invited individual coincides with the sub-meeting start time and the sub-meeting stop time respectively of a second sub-meetings; and the messaging server system is for sending electronic invites for the compound meeting to each of the three or more invited individuals in response to a command from the user of the client-computing device to send the invites, wherein each sent invite specifies the meeting start and stop times for the invited individual to which the invite is addressed.