Increasing the level of automation when scheduling and managing meetings

In a network environment that includes at least a managing computer system, a method for managing currently-scheduled meetings for a user so as to notify meeting attendants of relevant information associated with a currently-scheduled meeting, the method comprising the following:

• an act of identifying a currently-scheduled meeting that has a plurality of meeting attendants;
• an act of identifying relevant information for the currently-scheduled meeting;
• an act of automatically accessing the information;
• and
• an act of automatically providing the information so as to be available to at least one of the meeting attendants.

A computer program product for use in a network environment that includes at least a scheduling computer system, the computer program product for implementing a method for scheduling meetings for a user so as to relive an individual meeting organizer from having to manually record and interpret free/busy times for meeting attendants, the computer program product comprising the following:

• one or more computer-readable media carrying computer-executable instructions, that when executed at the scheduling computer system, cause the scheduling computer system to perform the method, including:
• determining that a meeting is to be scheduled among a plurality of meeting attendants;
• accessing information relevant to the availability of at least some of the plurality of meeting attendants;
• and
• determining at least one potential meeting time based on the information.

A computer program product for use in a network environment that includes at least a managing computer system, the computer program product for implementing a method for managing currently-scheduled meetings for a user so as to notify meeting attendants of relevant information associated with a currently-scheduled meeting, the computer program product comprising the following:

• one or more computer-readable media carrying computer-executable instructions, that when executed at the managing computer system, cause the managing computer system to perform the method, including:
• identifying a currently-scheduled meeting that has a plurality of meeting attendants;
• identifying relevant information for the currently-scheduled meeting;
• accessing the relevant information for the currently-scheduled meeting;
• and
• providing the relevant information so as to be available to at least one of the meeting attendants.

In a network environment that includes at least a managing computer system, a method for managing currently-scheduled meetings for meeting attendants so as to notify the meeting attendants of a change in a currently-scheduled meeting, the method comprising the following:

• an act of identifying a currently-scheduled meeting that has a plurality of meeting attendants;
• an act of detecting a change in relevant information associated with the currently-scheduled meeting;
• and
• an act of automatically providing at least an option to reschedule the currently-scheduled meeting so as to be available to at least one of the meeting attendants.

A computer program product for use in a network environment that includes at least a managing computer system, the computer program product for implementing a method for managing currently-scheduled meetings for meeting attendants so as to notify the meeting attendants of a change in a currently-scheduled meeting, the computer program product comprising the following:

• one or more computer-readable media carrying computer-executable instructions, that when executed at the managing computer system, cause the managing computer system to perform the method, including:
• identifying a currently-scheduled meeting that has a plurality of meeting attendants;
• detecting a change in relevant information associated with the currently-scheduled meeting;
• and
• providing at least an option to reschedule the currently-scheduled meeting so as to be available to at least one of the meeting attendants.