Patent ID: 8442851
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for providing feedback to a chairperson user in an electronic meeting scheduling system, comprising: displaying, by at least one computer system having at least one processor and a memory, a chairperson meeting definition user interface through which said chairperson user can define parameters associated with a meeting, said meeting parameters including a location for the meeting, a plurality of invitees for the meeting, and multiple invitee-selectable attendance mode options, wherein each one of said invitee-selectable attendance mode options has associated with it a resource and a capacity of said associated resource, and wherein said invitee-selectable attendance mode options include at least an in person attendance mode and a by phone attendance mode; receiving, by said at least one computer system through said chairperson meeting definition user interface, said parameters associated with said meeting defined by said chairperson user; distributing, by said at least one computer system, responsive to said parameters associated with said meeting defined by said chairperson user, electronic invitations to a plurality of invitees for a meeting, wherein each invitation, when displayed to each one of said invitees, displays said multiple invitee-selectable attendance mode options to said invitee; detecting, by said at least one computer system, selection of a first one of said attendance mode options presented in said electronic invitations by a number of said invitees at least equal to a capacity of a resource associated with a first one of said attendance mode options; in response to said detecting said selection of said first one of said attendance mode options by said number of invitees equal to said capacity of said resource associated with said first one of said first one of said attendance mode options, automatically preventing, by said at least one computer system, other invitees from subsequently selecting said first one of said attendance mode options in respective ones of said electronic invitations; collecting, by said at least one computer system, indications of which of said multiple invitee-selectable attendance mode options were selected by each individual one of said plurality of invitees through said electronic invitations; sending, by said at least one computer system, said indications of which of said multiple invitee-selectable attendance mode options were selected by said individual invitees to a chairperson client system; and displaying, by said at least one computer system, said indications of which of said multiple invitee-selectable attendance mode options were selected by said individual invitees to said chairperson user, said displaying including displaying total numbers and percentages of said invitees that have selected each individual one of said invitee selectable attendance mode options together with at least one option for changing said at least one resource associated with at least one of said invitee-selectable attendance mode options.