Time Date Adjustment Apparatus for Non-Member Scheduling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for adjusting meeting times and dates are cumbersome, requiring numerous steps and struggle to avoid double bookings, especially when non-members are involved and schedules change frequently.
Innovation Solution
A time/date adjustment apparatus and method that sets adjustment conditions, extracts available time/dates from participant schedules, and allows partners to select suitable times without causing double bookings by using a network-connected system that synchronizes changes in real-time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a calendar tool is used to share schedule information among members, then schedule information can be shared and synchronized, but it becomes difficult to check schedules of non-members and avoid double bookings
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a schedule checking unit that acts as an intermediary between the calendar tool and non-member schedules. This unit checks schedules of non-members (including adjustment initiator and adjustment partner) by transmitting inquiried time/date ranges to their terminal apparatuses, enabling double-booking prevention without requiring non-members to be system members.
2Reliability
If manual schedule checking is performed for each participant, then double bookings can be avoided, but the adjustment process becomes time-consuming and cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent automatically performs preliminary schedule checking by the schedule checking unit before presenting candidate time/dates to the adjustment initiator. The unit checks schedules of all participants (including non-members) in advance for each candidate time/date, so that when the initiator selects a time, double-booking prevention is already ensured without manual checking effort.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback by automatically checking participant schedules and validating candidate time/dates. The schedule checking unit continuously monitors schedule changes and provides real-time feedback on availability, allowing the adjustment initiator to make informed selections without manual verification.
3Stability of the object's composition
If schedule information is synchronized in real-time, then schedule changes are reflected immediately, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service schedule checking where the schedule checking unit automatically transmits inquiried time/date ranges to non-member terminal apparatuses and receives schedule information without requiring manual intervention. The unit independently handles schedule validation and updates, reducing system complexity while maintaining real-time synchronization.
Data Source
AI summary
A time/date adjustment apparatus sets an adjustment condition including designation of a participant, refers to schedule information of the participant, extracts available time/dates of the participant satisfying the adjustment condition as first candidate time/dates, determines second candidate time/dates obtained by editing the extracted first candidate time/dates and registers the second candidate time/dates in a storage unit, issues access information for a time/date adjustment screen, refers to the schedule information of the participant when a second terminal apparatus used by an adjustment partner performs access based on the access information, extracts third candidate time/dates that are available time/dates of the participant satisfying the adjustment condition and are within a range of the second candidate time/dates registered in the storage unit, causes the second terminal apparatus to display the time/date adjustment screen presenting the extracted third candidate time/dates, determines an assembly time/date out of the third candidate time/dates.