Managing real time meeting room status

US8352296B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Puneet Taneja · Bellevue, US
• Murali VENKATARAMAN · Redmond, US
• Shiran Sathananthan · Redmond, US
• Eric A. Sather · Palo Alto, US
• Vivek Ramamoorthy · Sammamish, US
• Anil Kommineni · Sammamish, US
• Paul Egger · Franklin Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 18, 2008
• Grant date: Jan 8, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 19, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/188
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Presence information within a meeting room is detected and published to users for managing room availability and real time status. Various means such as motion detectors, card readers, log-in mechanisms associated with in-room computers, and the like, are used to detect presence information. Different status indicators are assigned to each room and published through a communication application or hosted service providing useful and real time information to users.