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Method and apparatus for automated meeting agenda generation in a data processing system

US5317683A · kind A · utility

126Cited by
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11Claims
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Filing dateSep 10, 1990
Grant dateMay 31, 1994
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Expiry dateSep 10, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q10/109
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The method and apparatus permit the automatic generation of a meeting agenda for a requested meeting concerning a document stored within a data processing system. A document, such as an invention disclosure document, is stored within a data processing system and identified as the subject of a desired meeting. Evaluation comments by a plurality of users within the data processing system regarding the identified document are tabulated and utilized to create a meeting agenda automatically in response to a request for a meeting. Desired meeting parameters including at least: a desired meeting duration; a desired date span; and a list of desired attendees are selected by a meeting requester and copies of the automatically created meeting agenda are automatically transmitted to each desired attendee in conjunction with a notice of the scheduled meeting. Printed copies of the meeting agenda may also be automatically created in response to a scheduled meeting.

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