CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN SCHEDULING MEETINGS

摘要

A floating meeting is set up such that the actual meeting time is not fixed until after pre-defined parameters are satisfied. One parameter is a point in time nearer to the proposed meeting date(s) than the time of the original meeting invitation. At the later point in time, subsequent and potentially conflicting meetings are automatically avoided to maximize invitee availability or otherwise meet a meeting organizer's objective.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a meeting dataset for a proposed meeting; sending a meeting invitation to an invitee; responsive to the invitee accepting the meeting invitation, blocking a plurality of timeslots in an invitee calendar based, at least in part, on the meeting dataset; accessing the invitee calendar to determine a set of available timeslots; and booking a single timeslot from the plurality of timeslots based, at least in part, on the set of available timeslots; wherein: at least the blocking, accessing, and booking steps are performed by computer software running on computer hardware.