Patent ID: 8244568

Claim:
A method of scheduling a meeting comprising: receiving meeting time information from a meeting organizer, by a calendar application of a meeting organizer information handling system (IHS), the meeting time information including candidate times for a meeting with prospective participants, the meeting time information indicating times when the meeting organizer is available; receiving from the meeting organizer, by the calendar application of the meeting organizer IHS, a selection of a request participant free time option; generating a respective request for participant free time form for each prospective participant, by the calendar application of the meeting organizer IHS, in response to selection of the request participant free time option, each request for free time form including candidate meeting times; transmitting via email, by the calendar application of the meeting organizer IHS, a respective request for participant free time form to each prospective meeting participant; receiving from the prospective meeting participants, by the calendar application of the meeting organizer IHS, completed request for participant free time forms; combining, by the calendar application of the meeting organizer IHS, the completed request for participant free time forms into a single form; parsing, by the calendar application of the meeting organizer IHS, the single form to determine the free times associated with each prospective participant; determining, by the calendar application of the meeting organizer IHS, a consensus free time from the free times associated with each prospective participant; and transmitting via email, by the calendar application of the meeting organizer IHS, to each prospective meeting participant the consensus free time as a first invitation for the meeting that includes the consensus time for the meeting.