Proactive Scheduler for Resolving Calendar Conflicts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic organizers often fail to accurately manage scheduled events due to inaccuracies in duration or start times, leading to manual rescheduling and assistance from secretaries.
Innovation Solution
A proactive scheduler system that retrieves calendar information and presence data to detect scheduling conflicts, allowing for automated rescheduling of events by identifying available time slots and redirecting calls to appropriate communication devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual rescheduling is used to correct inaccurate scheduled events, then scheduling accuracy can be improved, but time consumption and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic detection and resolution of scheduling conflicts without requiring manual intervention. The scheduler autonomously compares calendar events with presence information, identifies conflicts, and reschedules events by selecting alternative time slots, thereby eliminating the need for manual rescheduling while maintaining high scheduling accuracy
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary checks of presence information and calendar events before conflicts actually occur. By proactively identifying potential scheduling conflicts in advance and automatically rescheduling events, the system prevents time loss that would otherwise be required for reactive manual corrections
2Reliability
If manual assistance from secretaries is provided to reorder scheduled events, then scheduling reliability is improved, but device complexity and operational overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The scheduler system performs self-diagnosis and self-correction by automatically detecting conflicts between calendar events and presence information. It autonomously resolves conflicts by selecting alternative time slots and updating calendars, eliminating the need for external secretary assistance and reducing operational complexity while maintaining high reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors presence information and calendar events, providing real-time feedback on scheduling conflicts. This closed-loop feedback mechanism enables automatic adjustment and resolution of conflicts, ensuring reliable scheduling without requiring manual intervention or increasing operational complexity
3Measurement precision
If real-time conflict detection is implemented, then scheduling accuracy is improved, but information processing requirements and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system retrieves and analyzes presence information and calendar events in advance before conflicts occur. By performing preliminary processing of this information, the system is prepared to quickly and accurately detect conflicts in real-time without overwhelming information processing requirements, as the data is already organized and ready for comparison
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AI summary
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a proactive scheduler having a controller element to determine a scheduling conflict between a called party and a calling party according to calendar information of the called party and presence information of the called party. Additional embodiments are disclosed.