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Communication device with capability for handling conditional acceptance of meeting requests

a communication device and meeting request technology, applied in the field of communication devices, can solve the problems of slow method, inconvenient, and inconvenient method for invitees to conditionally accept meetings

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-12-01
MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LTD +1
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There is no convenient method for an invitee to conditionally accept a meeting request (e.g., based on the response of another invitee).
Clearly, this method is slow and inconvenient.

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[0013]We now introduce “Conditional” option for accepting a meeting request. If an invitee selects “Conditional” acceptance then she is presented with the full list of invitees and must select those whose attendance will determine her attendance. The meeting is entered into the invitee's calendar as Tentative and the Conditional response is sent to the meeting organizer.

[0014]Since the meeting organizer receives all responses to the request, her device must track all Conditional responses. If all conditions of a Conditional response are satisfied (or explicitly dissatisfied) then the organizer's handheld sends an update to the corresponding invitee. When the invitee's handheld receives the update it then marks the meeting in the invitee's calendar as Accepted if all conditions were satisfied (or it declines the meeting and deletes it from the invitee's calendar if all conditions were explicitly dissatisfied).

[0015]For example, assume that Bob sends a meeting request to Alice, Eve, a...

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Abstract

Interacting digitally communicating devices cooperate to schedule future meetings include a capability to handle conditional acceptance of meeting requests. For example, a conditional acceptance may be subject to Boolean logic functions of the acceptance status(es) of other meeting invitees (e.g., the condition that another specific one or more invitees also accept the meeting request).

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application is a Continuation Application from U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 133,446, filed May 20, 2005, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]This application generally relates to communication devices having a user capability to participate in scheduling of future meetings with other device users. It has particular applicability to wireless communication devices.RELATED ART[0003]Computerized scheduling calendars are now commonplace. In a wired and / or wireless network of computers or computerized communication devices, such personal scheduling calendars may be interactive. That is, a meeting organizer may invite one or more other device users to a future meeting at a particular day and time (and perhaps place). In some circumstances, when such invitations are received they may be automatically acted upon by suitable software agents or modules so as to simply accept such an invitation if...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06Q10/00
CPCG06Q10/02G06Q10/025G06Q10/109H04L51/22G06Q10/1095H04L51/18G06Q10/1093H04L51/42
Inventor MACFARLANE, DAVID V.ADAMS, NEIL P.WORMALD, CHRISTOPHER R.
Owner MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LTD
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