Patent ID: 8706539

Claim:
A computational component for performing a method, the method comprising: receiving, by a computer processor at a first application a list of meeting attendees; obtaining, by said computer processor and using an electronic calender process accessed through said first application, a schedule for each meeting attendee in said list of meeting attendees; obtaining, by said computer processor and using said first application, a valid meeting date and time for each of said meeting attendees in said list of meeting attendees; scheduling, by said computer processor, a meeting at a date and time that is valid for each of said meeting attendees in said list of meeting attendees; notifying, by said computer processor and using an electronic communication process accessed through said first application, each of said meeting attendees of said scheduled meeting date and time; placing, by said computer processor and using at least a first communication process, said meeting attendees in communication with one another in said meeting; assigning, by said computer processor at least some of said meeting attendees to a sidebar meeting during said meeting; and placing, by said computer processor and using at least one of said first communication process and a second communication process, said meeting attendees assigned to said sidebar meeting in communication with one another.