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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2010
Marc Gingras, Verdun, CA;
Fang Yang, Waterloo, CA;
Jacou Sarrazin, Repentigny, CA;
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
The embodiments discussed herein describe an application device and method for calendar sharing and scheduling over a communication network. When a meeting is to be scheduled between two or more participants, the organizing participant enters an identification of the participants and requests a time suggestion. In response to the request, information relating to the availability and/or preferences of each participant is gathered from one or more databases and processed centrally in a remote server to determine a block of time during which all the participants are commonly free. The block of time is pushed to a user interface for display. If the organizing user selects the block of time, a meeting request may be sent to the participants to confirm the meeting.