Patent ID: 9444853
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for monitoring an access of a pre-read material for a meeting, comprising: receiving, by a processor, a request to monitor the access of the pre-read material for the meeting; creating, by the processor, a document separate from the pre-read material that records an access history of the pre-read material by each one of one or more invited attendees in accordance with a plurality of parameters specified in the request, wherein the plurality of parameters comprise tracking a percentage of the one or more invited attendees that have accessed the pre-read material, how information should be presented to a meeting requestor, a delivery preference for the document and specifying that a final updated invite message is sent a day before the meeting, wherein an identity of each one of the one or more invited attendees is hidden from a meeting requestor when the document is provided to the meeting requestor; updating, by the processor, the document each time the pre-read material is accessed by one of the one or more invited attendees; sending, by the processor, the percentage of the one or more invited attendees that have accessed the pre-read material to a calendar application server, wherein the percentage of the one or more invited attendees that have accessed the pre-read material is compared to a threshold, wherein an updated invite message is sent by the calendar application server to the one or more invited attendees when the percentage of the one or more invited attendees that have accessed the pre-read material is below the threshold, wherein the updated invite message includes a reminder to review the pre-read material and a notification that the meeting was rescheduled because the percentage of the one or more invited attendees that accessed the pre-read material was below the threshold; and providing, by the processor, the document to the meeting requestor.