Patent ID: 8121880
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for associating a calendar invitation for a calendar event to a web conference for a web conference event, comprising: receiving invitees of a calendar invitation for a calendar event; detecting the invitees of the calendar invitation for the calendar event, wherein the invitees correspond to a To field of an email, a carbon copy field of the email, and a blind carbon copy field of the email; associating the invitees of the calendar event to a web conference event for a web conference such that the invitees in the blind carbon copy field of the email are translated to be displayed as anonymous during the web conference; wherein the invitees in the To field and the carbon copy field of the email have normal attendee privileges in the web conference; detecting by a server modifications relating to the invitees of the calendar event, such that in response to the modifications relating to the invitees being to promote the invitees in the blind carbon copy field to the To field, the invitees in the blind carbon copy field are promoted to the To field for the web conference to have normal attendee privileges; propagating by the server the modifications relating to the invitees of the calendar event to the web conference event, such that the web conference event synchronizes with the calendar event; detecting modifications relating to the web conference event for the web conference; and wherein the modifications relating to the web conference event include changes to a time for the web conference, changes to a location for the web conference, changes to a date for the web conference, and changes to a password for the web conference; propagating the modifications relating to the web conference event to the calendar event for the invitees, such that the calendar event synchronizes with the web conference event for changes to the time for the web conference, changes to the location for the web conference, changes to the date for the web conference, and changes to the password for the web conference; wherein the invitees, of the calendar invitation for the calendar event, comprise the To field, the carbon copy field, and the blind carbon copy field of the email; and wherein a count appears next to an anonymous entry on the computer, in which the count appearing next to the anonymous entry is a number of the invitees in the blind carbon copy field that join the web conference as anonymous attendees, such that each succeeding one of the anonymous attendees joins the web conference with an appearance as an additional anonymous attendee.