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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2012
Jerrold M. Heyman, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Kenton R. Milligan, Rochester, MN (US);
Michael L. Nelson, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Antonio Pirraglia, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Andrew G. Tonkin, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Jerrold M. Heyman, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Kenton R. Milligan, Rochester, MN (US);
Michael L. Nelson, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Antonio Pirraglia, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Andrew G. Tonkin, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate to a message based scheduling tool employed to function with an electronic calendar. As messages are transmitting between clients, a tool is employed to parse the messages to search for one or more string(s) of characters characteristic of a meeting. Based upon these characteristics and the parsing, the electronic calendars are searched to find an available time slot on both calendars in which a meeting can take place, and, if an available time is found, the meeting is scheduled and the clients are sent notification of the scheduling.