Joseph G Baron

US Patent:

8010656, Aug 30, 2011

Filed:

Jul 12, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/776985

Inventors:

Joseph G. Baron - Raleigh NC, US
Frank Battaglia - Raleigh NC, US
Jerrold Martin Heyman - Raleigh NC, US
Michael Leonard Nelson - Raleigh NC, US
Andrew Geoffrey Tonkin - Morrisville NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709224, 709217, 709218, 709219, 709225

Abstract:

A calendar system includes a calendar requester client and a calendar owner client that couple to a calendar server via one or more networks therebetween. In one embodiment, when the calendar server denies a particular calendar requester access to the calendar owner's calendar, the calendar server transmits a denial notice to the calendar owner and allows the calendar owner to dynamically add the particular calendar requester to a list of approved requesters on the calendar server.

US Patent:

8244568, Aug 14, 2012

Filed:

Jul 12, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/776939

Inventors:

Joseph G. Baron - Raleigh NC, US
Frank Battaglia - Raleigh NC, US
Jerrold Martin Heyman - Raleigh NC, US
Michael Leonard Nelson - Raleigh NC, US
Andrew Geoffrey Tonkin - Morrisville NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 718, 705 6

Abstract:

A scheduling system includes a client calendar application that a meeting organizer employs to send a request for free time form to prospective participants of a future meeting via email. The client calendar application receives completed request for participant free time forms back from the prospective participants via email. The client calendar application parses the completed free time forms and determines a consensus free time when all prospective participants are free for the meeting.

US Patent:

20090063239, Mar 5, 2009

Filed:

Aug 30, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/847493

Inventors:

Joseph G. Baron - Raleigh NC, US
Frank Battaglia - Raleigh NC, US
Jerrold Martin Heyman - Raleigh NC, US
Michael Leonard Nelson - Raleigh NC, US
Andrew Geoffrey Tonkin - Morrisville NC, US

Assignee:

IBM Corporation - Austin TX

International Classification:

G06F 9/46

US Classification:

705 9

Abstract:

An electronic calendar scheduling system is disclosed in which a participant schedules an event in a particular timeslot. In one embodiment, the participant may associate a timeslot importance level with the particular timeslot. When a requester later sends the participant a request to schedule another event during the already scheduled particular timeslot, the system informs the requester that the particular timeslot is either available or unavailable depending on the importance of the requester in a predetermined organization hierarchy. In one embodiment, if the requester importance level is greater than the timeslot importance level, then the system informs the requester that the already scheduled timeslot is available. Otherwise, the system informs the requester that the already scheduled timeslot is unavailable.