Scheduling and reserving virtual meeting locations in a calendaring application

US7765478B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Michael Reed · Chicago, US
• Linda Jones Scott · Georgetown, US
• Robert Vernon Williamson · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 6, 2007
• Grant date: Jul 27, 2010
• Expiry date: Jan 21, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/109
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A mechanism is provided for scheduling and reserving virtual meeting locations in a calendaring application. Participants use a calendaring application to schedule meetings. If the meeting takes place in a location within the virtual persistent world, then the calendaring application sends the meeting information, including virtual user IDs of the invitees, meeting location, and other virtual world requirements or parameters for the meeting, to a software agent. The software agent receives the meeting information and generates a script for creating the meeting location and a script for destroying the meeting location.