SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SMART CONTEXTUAL CALENDARING BASED MEETING SCHEDULING

摘要

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for contextual calendaring. Contextual calendaring can schedule meetings with varying states of blocking time slots based on users' behavior with respect to the participants, topics, and tasks or context of the meeting. For example, host H invites A for a meeting with the text “we must demo our ‘one-click video’ on Friday.” The contextual calendaring system knows that A isn't available on Friday, so can prioritize the task for A on Friday relative to the demo participants and schedule a ‘firm hold’ or can suggest an alternative person based on the topic and prior context who is available for the demo. The system can mine context information, and identify, based on the context information, a desired attendee and a priority. The system can place a soft hold on the calendar for the desired attendee based on the priority.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
mining context information associated with a calendar event having a list of attendees; identifying, based on the context information, a desired attendee for the calendar event; generating, based on the context information, a priority for the desired attendee in association with the calendar event; placing a conditional hold on a time slot on a calendar of the desired attendee based on the priority; and associating the conditional hold with the calendar event.