Patent ID: 8180657
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, an identification of a plurality of presenters for an event; identifying, by the computing device, priority presenters from the plurality of presenters by processing user-defined rules for scheduling the event; transmitting, by the computing device, an invitation to the priority presenters for the event wherein the event is a multiple slot event including a plurality of original event slots, each original event slot representing a presentation slot for a presenter of the plurality of presenters in the multiple slot event; in response to receiving the invitation to the event, displaying the multiple slot event in a calendar interface viewable by at least one of the priority presenters; receiving, by the computing device, a slot request, from a second respondent of the priority presenters having a second seniority level, for one of the plurality of original event slots that was previously reserved by a first respondent of the priority presenters having a first seniority level; comparing, by the computing device, the second seniority level to the first seniority level; if the second seniority level exceeds the first seniority level: if the second seniority level does not exceed the first seniority level: transmitting the invitation for the event to the remaining presenters of the plurality of presenters responsive to receiving a response from each of the priority presenters.