Patent №
US 8,626,552
Granted
2014-01-07
Filed 2009
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12412155
A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for managing scheduling of appointments with respect to a quorum requirement. The solution includes scheduling an appointment with each of a plurality of invitees, receiving one or more appointment management requests associated with the appointment from the invitees, the one or more appointment management requests including a change in the appointment, determining that a subset of the appointment management requests constitute a common request, determining that invitees that sent the common request satisfy the quorum constraint for the appointment, and implementing the common request in response to invitees that sent the common request satisfying the quorum constraint. The common request may include an acceptance, a cancellation notice, a cancellation request, and a re-scheduling request.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 229180170
Assignors
FARRELL, COLM, HARPUR, LIAM, O' SULLIVAN, PATRICK, RAGUILLAT, FRED, TERLIZZI, DANIEL, ZIMMET, CAROL S.
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