Patent ID: 7984378
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for scheduling related events, comprising: a processor receiving first information for a first meeting; the processor receiving second information for a second meeting, wherein the first meeting and the second meeting are not part of a recurring meeting; the processor receiving a definition of a first group of meetings, the first group comprising the first meeting and the second meeting, wherein defining said first group of meetings comprises: the processor receiving group meeting information for the first group of meetings, wherein the group meeting information is associated with both the first meeting and the second meeting, wherein the group meeting information includes an identifier common to the first meeting and the second meeting, wherein said identifier is entered by a user and is not selected from a list of identifiers, and wherein said identifier is not an assigned category; the processor receiving a modification to the group meeting information, wherein the modification pertains to a parameter of the first meeting and the second meeting, wherein the modification is specified as being applicable to the first meeting and the second meeting; and the processor automatically applying the modification to the first meeting and the second meeting, wherein the entered modification relates to a parameter of the first meeting and the second meeting and not to a presentation of the meetings in a scheduling program.