Patent ID: 7974871

Claim:
A method, in a system having a meeting scheduling service, for scheduling a meeting between a meeting host and at least one meeting invitee, the meeting host having a meeting host client and each at least one invitee having an invitee client, each host client and invitee client having calendaring systems for reordering meeting agenda items prior to the occurrence of the meeting based on partial participation in the meeting by meeting invitees, the method further, the method comprising the steps of: a. receiving, using a computer server, by the meeting host client, meeting details from the meeting host; b. creating, using the computer server, by the meeting host client, an initial meeting agenda, the initial meeting agenda having at least two agenda items in an initial order, each agenda item having a unique time slot from the other agenda items and a subject, the initial order being based upon the time slots of the agenda items; c. providing, using the computer server, from the meeting host client, the initial meeting agenda to the at least one invitee via the invitee client prior to the occurrence of the meeting; d. receiving, using the computer server, at the host client from at least one invitee, a request to change the initial order of the agenda items such that at least two agenda items would have different time slots than their previous time slots, wherein the request of step d comprises an acceptance of the initial meeting request conditioned upon the approval of the initial order change request; e. determining, using the computer server, at the meeting host client, whether the initial order should be changed based upon the request; f. changing, using the computer server the initial order prior to the occurrence of the meeting based upon the request thereby creating a new meeting agenda and sending invitations having the new meeting agenda to the at least one invitees.