Patent ID: 8655701

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, from a user, an event in an electronic calendar interface, the event including event details; receiving, from the user, a list of desired invitees to the event from a list of contacts: generating an invitation to be communicated by a first communications mechanism to the desired invitees, the invitation to the event indicating a time at which the event will take place: detecting, by a processor, which of the desired invitees are currently online and which of the desired invitees are currently offline; extending the invitation to those desired invitees that are detected to be online by sending the invitation via the first communications mechanism; and for those desired invitees that are detected to be offline, storing the invitation in a delivery queue for the desired invitee; determining, by a processor, a time at which the desired invitee comes online; if the time at which the desired invitee comes online is prior to the time at which the event will take place, delivering the invitation to the event via the first communications mechanism to the desired invitee; and if the time at which the desired invitee comes online is subsequent to the time at which the event will take place, removing the invitation to the event from the delivery queue.