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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2004
Randall Ethier, Burke, VA (US);
David Bieselin, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Randall Ethier, Burke, VA (US);
David Bieselin, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for scheduling a conference among multiple persons includes receiving group data that indicates persons in a first group. Availability data is received from a shared database that includes information about availability for a conference of a population of persons that includes the persons from the first group. Quorum data is received that indicates that a quorum for a particular conference includes any one or more persons in the first group and less than all persons in the first group; thus the first group is a called a 'representative group.' A proposed time interval that satisfies the quorum based on the group data, the availability data, and the quorum data is determined for the particular conference.