Patent ID: 8898231

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: at least one processor and at least one memory, the memory storing executable instructions, the executable instructions, when executed on the processor, implementing a receiving component for receiving first identity data from at least one electronic sensor, the first identity data being indicative of a user entering a location at a given time, an analysis component for determining, in response to the first identity data, whether the location is available at the given time, and for reserving the location for a meeting having at least one meeting participant including the user in response to determining that the location is available at the given time, a notification component for notifying the user of the location's unavailability in the event that the analysis component determines that the location is not available at the given time, wherein the notifying includes informing the user of at least one other time at which the location is available, the receiving component further for receiving second identity data from the electronic sensor, the second identity data indicating that all meeting participants have exited the location after a beginning of the meeting and before an end of the meeting, and wherein the analysis component further determines whether any meeting participants are detected re-entering the location during a predetermined period of time beginning after all meeting participants have exited the location and ending before the end of the meeting, and updates scheduling records to indicate that the location is again available for use responsive to determining that none of the meeting participants are detected re-entering the location during the predetermined period of time.