Cognitive adaptation to user behavior for personalized automatic processing of events

A calendar server comprising:

• a network interface communicatively coupled to a respective network interface of one or more user devices;
• a storage device configured to store user personalized parameters, the user personalized parameters including a plurality of user-defined weights and a plurality of user-defined values, each of the user-defined values associated with a respective one of a plurality of criteria and each user-defined weight associated with a respective one of the plurality of criteria;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the network interface and to the storage device, wherein the processor is configured to extract event information for a new calendar event request received via the network interface, wherein the event information includes values associated with one or more of the plurality of criteria;
• wherein the processor is further configured to compare the values of the extracted event information with the plurality of user-defined values stored in the storage device and to compute an acceptance score for the new calendar event request based on the comparison of the values of the extracted event information with the plurality of user-defined values and on the plurality of user-defined weights;
• and
• wherein the processor is further configured to compare the acceptance score of the new calendar event to an acceptance score of a conflicting scheduled event on the user's calendar that conflicts with the new calendar event;
• wherein the processor is further configured to:
• prompt the user for input to select either the conflicting scheduled event or the new calendar event in response to determining that the acceptance score of the new calendar event is equal to the acceptance score of the conflicting scheduled event;
• identify differences between the event information from the conflicting scheduled event and the event information from the new calendar event;
• automatically update the plurality of user-defined values and the plurality of user-defined weights based on the identified differences in response to receiving user input that selects either the conflicting scheduled event or the new calendar event;
• and
• automatically resolve a conflict between a subsequent new calendar event and a second conflicting scheduled event based on the identified differences without prompting the user for input to select either the second conflicting scheduled event or the subsequent new calendar event.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

• extract event information for a new calendar event request, wherein the event information includes values associated with one or more of a plurality of criteria, each of the plurality of criteria associated with a respective one of a plurality of user-defined weights;
• compare the values of the extracted event information with a plurality of user-defined values, each of the user-defined values associated with a respective one of the plurality of criteria;
• compute an acceptance score for the new calendar event request based on the comparison of the values of the extracted event information with the plurality of user-defined values and on the plurality of user-defined weights;
• compare the acceptance score of the new calendar event to an acceptance score of a conflicting scheduled event on the user's calendar that conflicts with the new calendar event;
• prompt the user for input to select either the conflicting scheduled event or the new calendar event in response to determining that the acceptance score of the new calendar event is equal to the acceptance score of the conflicting scheduled event;
• identify differences between the event information from the conflicting scheduled event and the event information from the new calendar event;
• automatically update the user-defined values and the user-defined weights based on the identified differences in response to receiving user input that selects either the conflicting scheduled event or the new calendar event;
• and
• automatically resolve a conflict between a subsequent new calendar event and a second conflicting scheduled event based on the identified differences without prompting the user for input to select either the second conflicting scheduled event or the subsequent new calendar event.