Patent ID: 8396902

Claim:
A method for modifying a scheduling database via a mobile electronic communications device in communication with a proximate electronic device comprising a display device, when said mobile electronic communications device is engaging in an oral communications session with a second communications device, the method comprising: retrieving, via said mobile electronic communications device, time slot data associated with an available time slot from said scheduling database; transmitting, via said mobile electronic communications device, said time slot data associated with said available time slot to said proximate electronic device to cause said proximate electronic device to format and display said time slot data associated with said available time slot at said display device, wherein said retrieving said time slot data and said transmitting said time slot data occur automatically in response to actuation of an input device at said mobile electronic communications device; and receiving input data at said mobile electronic communications device, and when said input data is representative of a command to update said scheduling database, updating, via said mobile electronic communications device, an entry of said scheduling database based on said time slot data associated with said available time slot displayed at said display device.