Method and apparatus for scheduling appointments for single location entries
AssigneeSap SE
InventorKevin Curran
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Abstract
A method for scheduling an appointment using a scheduling software system, includes receiving appointment information entered into appointment scheduling fields of the scheduling software system, the appointment scheduling fields including a location field and a time zone field, updating a user's calendar entries based on the appointment information, causing a search engine to look up a suggested time zone associated with the appointment information entered into the location field and comparing the appointment information entered into the time zone field with the suggested time zone.
Claims39
A method for scheduling an appointment using a scheduling software system, comprising:
- receiving appointment information entered into appointment scheduling fields of the scheduling software system, the appointment scheduling fields including a location field and a time zone field;
- updating a user's calendar entries based on the appointment information;
- causing a search engine to look up a suggested time zone associated with the appointment information entered into the location field;
- and
- comparing the appointment information entered into the time zone field with the suggested time zone.
A programmed computer system for performing a method for scheduling an appointment using a scheduling software system, said method comprising:
- receiving appointment information entered into appointment scheduling fields of the scheduling software system, the appointment scheduling fields including a location field and a time zone field;
- updating a user's calendar entries based on the appointment information;
- causing a search engine to look up a suggested time zone associated with the appointment information entered into the location field;
- and
- comparing the appointment information entered into the time zone field with the suggested time zone.
A computer recording medium including computer executable code for scheduling an appointment using a scheduling software system, comprising:
- code for receiving appointment information entered into appointment scheduling fields of the scheduling software system, the appointment scheduling fields including a location field and a time zone field;
- code for updating a user's calendar entries based on the appointment information;
- code for causing a search engine to look up a suggested time zone associated with the appointment information entered into the location field;
- and
- code for comparing the appointment information entered into the time zone field with the suggested time zone.
A method for scheduling an appointment using a scheduling software system, comprising:
- receiving appointment information entered into appointment scheduling fields of the scheduling software system, the appointment scheduling fields including a location field and a time zone field;
- updating a user's calendar entries based on the appointment information;
- and
- allowing the user to view the appointment in the user's calendar before the user saves the appointment.
A programmed computer system for performing a method for scheduling an appointment using a scheduling software system, said method comprising:
- receiving appointment information entered into appointment scheduling fields of the scheduling software system, the appointment scheduling fields including a location field and a time zone field;
- updating a user's calendar entries based on the appointment information;
- and
- allowing the user to view the appointment in the user's calendar before the user saves the appointment.
A computer recording medium including computer executable code for scheduling an appointment using a scheduling software system, comprising:
- code for receiving appointment information entered into appointment scheduling fields of the scheduling software system, the appointment scheduling fields including a location field and a time zone field;
- code for updating a user's calendar entries based on the appointment information;
- and
- code for allowing the user to view the appointment in the user's calendar before the user saves the appointment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.