ELECTRONIC CALENDAR SCHEDULING

摘要

A computer sends a binary representation of a request for a meeting to end-users. The computer generates one or more lists, wherein each of the lists includes electronic calendar time slots during which at least one of the plurality of end-users is able to attend the meeting. The computer identifies at least one electronic calendar time slot having a highest frequency of occurrence on the lists generated, which comprises iterating through each of the lists and computing a frequency of occurrence of the at least one electronic calendar time slot on the lists. The computer records the frequency of occurrence. The computer queues the meeting in response to the frequency of occurrence being less than a configurable threshold value. The computer schedules the meeting in response to the frequency of occurrence being equal to or greater than the configurable threshold value.

主权项

1. A method for scheduling a meeting, the method comprising the steps of:
sending a binary representation of a request for a meeting to a plurality of end-users on one or more computers, wherein each of the plurality of end-users has a configurable profile; generating one or more lists each associated to at least one of the plurality of end-users, wherein each of the lists includes available time slots during which at least one of the plurality of end-users is able to attend the meeting; identifying at least one time slot having a highest frequency of occurrence on the one or more lists generated, wherein the identifying comprises iterating through each of the one or more lists and computing a frequency of occurrence of the at least one time slot on the one or more lists; recording the frequency of occurrence of the at least one time slot on the one or more lists; queuing the meeting in response to the frequency of occurrence of the at least one time slot being less than a configurable threshold value that represents a level at which the meeting is to be scheduled if the frequency of occurrence of the at least one time slot equals to or exceeds the level; and scheduling the meeting in response to the frequency of occurrence being equal to or greater than the configurable threshold value.