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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2007
Eric L. Masselle, Raleigh, NC (US);
Patrick G. Mcgowan, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Christopher J. Paul, Durham, NC (US);
Eric L. Masselle, Raleigh, NC (US);
Patrick G. McGowan, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Christopher J. Paul, Durham, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product for autonomically managing a meeting calendar. An Autonomic Meeting Scheduling (AMS) utility detects a set of pre-scheduling data. The AMS utility generates an optimal meeting schedule based upon the set of pre-scheduling data. A meeting invitation is communicated to at least one meeting invitee. The AMS utility detects an invitation reply data from a meeting invitee. Based upon the pre-scheduling data and the invitation reply data, the AMS utility generates and outputs one of at least a meeting probability value (MPV) and a MPV curve. The MPV is a measure of how probable a scheduled meeting will occur. Moreover, a meeting owner may enable the AMS utility to determine whether the MPV has reached a threshold to execute a scheduling decision (i.e., retain a scheduled meeting, reschedule a meeting, or cancel/extinguish a scheduled meeting).