Patent ID: 8527287

Claim:
A method for attending a meeting, comprising: determining, on a computer processor, the presence of a first meeting notice for a first meeting in meeting software, wherein the first meeting notice comprises a first start time, a first end time, a name of an attendee, and information to connect to the first meeting; obtaining, on the computer processor, information about the first meeting from the first meeting notice to populate a meeting template; determining, on the computer processor, that the first meeting is a not-in-person meeting requiring a first call-in number to attend; populating, on the computer processor, the meeting template to obtain a first meeting record for the first meeting; connecting, on the computer processor and using the first call-in number, over a voice communication channel to the first meeting at the first start time using the information in the first meeting record for the first meeting; notifying, during the first meeting, the attendee prior to the first end time of the first meeting of the amount of time remaining before the first end time of the first meeting; receiving, during the first meeting, a response from the attendee to extend the first end time of the first meeting to a second end time of the first meeting; notifying, during the first meeting and based on the response, the attendee of a conflict between the second end time of the first meeting and the first start time of a second meeting; receiving, from the attendee during the first meeting, a confirmation to extend the first end time of the first meeting to the second end time; connecting, based on the confirmation from the attendee, to the second meeting after the second end time of the first meeting by calling a second call-in number and using an access code; receiving an indication that the second call-in number and the access code are incorrect for connecting to the second meeting; retrieving a phone number of a meeting originator of the second meeting from a second meeting notice; and presenting, in response to the indication, an error message recommending the attendee to contact the meeting originator using the phone number.