Patent ID: 7668900

Claim:
A method for scheduling an event over a network in a calendar of an invitee, the event having a set of details including at least a predetermined time for the event provided by an event creator, the method comprising: as the result of an invitee clicking on a link on a web page published on the Internet by the event creator for the event, wherein the clicking on the link by the invitee on the web page is not preceded by the sending to the invitee of an invitation about the event or the predetermined time for the event, receiving a schedule request at a server in communication with the network, the schedule request including at least the predetermined time for the event and an identifier for the event creator, wherein the server has access to the calendar of the invitee and a calendar for the event creator; creating an event record at the server, the event record including at least the predetermined time for the event and a link to the calendar of the invitee; adding the event to the invitee's calendar; receiving a change to at least one member of the set of details for the event from the event creator; updating the event in the invitee's calendar with the changed set of details using the link between the event record and the invitee's calendar; and sending a notification message to the invitee including the changed set of details.