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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2007
Joseph G. Baron, Raleigh, NC (US);
Frank Battaglia, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jerrold Martin Heyman, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael Leonard Nelson, Raleigh, NC (US);
Andrew Geoffrey Tonkin, Morrisville, NC (US);
Joseph G. Baron, Raleigh, NC (US);
Frank Battaglia, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jerrold Martin Heyman, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael Leonard Nelson, Raleigh, NC (US);
Andrew Geoffrey Tonkin, Morrisville, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A scheduling system includes a client calendar application that a meeting organizer employs to send a request for free time form to prospective participants of a future meeting via email. The client calendar application receives completed request for participant free time forms back from the prospective participants via email. The client calendar application parses the completed free time forms and determines a consensus free time when all prospective participants are free for the meeting.