Patent ID: 8352296
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method to be executed at least in part in a computing device for managing real time meeting room status, comprising: receiving, by a computer, in-room presence information for a meeting room, wherein the in-room presence information is received from a presence detector in response to an expiration of a predefined period; retrieving, by the computer, room scheduling information for the meeting room; continuously determining, by the computer, a real time status of the meeting room based on comparison of the in-room presence information and the room scheduling information, wherein a plurality of different status indicators are used to provide the real time status of the meeting room, the plurality of different status indicators comprising: free, occupied but not scheduled, reserved but not occupied, scheduled and occupied; and publishing, by the computer, the real time status of the meeting room to at least one remote client, wherein publishing the real time meeting room status to the at least one remote client comprises: