Patent ID: 8121953
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method comprising: receiving, via a computing device, a request for a meeting; receiving, via the computing device, an identification of a subject matter of the meeting; receiving, via the computing device, a list of invitees, including a priority corresponding to one or more of the invitees; determining whether a respective invitee is requested to attend in person based on a corresponding priority; determining whether a respective invitee is required to attend virtually based on a corresponding priority; accessing, via the computing device, electronic calendars of one or more of the invitees and planning a location and time of the meeting based on the electronic calendars; sending, via the computing device, invitations to the invitees; when a quantity of acceptances of the invitations from the invitees is less than a predetermined threshold, then repeatedly sending, via the computing device, invitation reminders to non-accepting invitees and adding additional acceptances to the quantity of acceptances; when the quantity of acceptances is equal to or exceeding a exceeds the predetermined threshold, automatically scheduling, via the computing device, the meeting based on parameters from a preexisting template for a prior meeting, the predetermined threshold less than the total number of the invitees; and before scheduling the meeting, performing, via the computing device, a cost optimization associated with the meeting based upon costs concerning both salary of the invitees and time lost in travel by the invitees.