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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 1989
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1987
Charles M Cree, Austin, TX (US);
Grady J Landry, Austin, TX (US);
Keith J Scully, Austin, TX (US);
Harinder S Singh, Boca Raton, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An electronic calendaring method for use in a data processing system that has a plurality of interactive type work stations (terminals or personal computers) connected directly or indirectly to a host processor. The method assists a calendar owner who receives a notice at his work station requesting his involvement in a future event that is being calendared by another calendar owner on the system, to manually or automatically designate in the reply a temporary alternate to attend the meeting being calendared or a permenant alternate to attend all future meetings without affecting his status in the system as a receipient of the meeting notice.