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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2007
Robert C. Weir, Westford, MA (US);
Maureen Elizabeth Kraft, Hudson, MA (US);
Raj Heda, Malden, MA (US);
Diane Weir, Westford, MA (US);
Elizabeth Paulsen Sawyer, Westford, MA (US);
Robert C. Weir, Westford, MA (US);
Maureen Elizabeth Kraft, Hudson, MA (US);
Raj Heda, Malden, MA (US);
Diane Weir, Westford, MA (US);
Elizabeth Paulsen Sawyer, Westford, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system that enables a user to indicate time zones in their electronic calendar for corresponding time periods in the future, and that makes the future time zone information it collects available for scheduling purposes, so that free time can be correctly determined even for frequently traveling users. The disclosed system further automatically provides indications to the user when input future free time information creates local times for previously scheduled calendar events that are outside of the user's regular working hours.