Controlling Access to Electronic Devices by Meeting Invitees
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsChristopher L. Bush, Didier Garcia, Joshua F. Nedelka, Mark Rutenburg
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Abstract
A meeting manager specifies controlled access to the use of an electronic device by sending a meeting request to at least one invitee, wherein the meeting request specifies access rights to control use during the meeting of least one feature of a plurality of features of at least one electronic device associated with the at least one invitee. The meeting manager requires the at least one invitee accept the access rights specified in the meeting request for controlling use at the at least one electronic device in order for the invitee to accept the meeting request.
Claims20
A method in at least one computer system for specifying controlled access to the use of an electronic device, comprising:
- sending a meeting request for a meeting to at least one invitee, wherein the meeting request specifies access rights to control use during the meeting of least one feature of a plurality of features of at least one electronic device associated with the at least one invitee;
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- requiring the at least one invitee accept the access rights specified in the meeting request for controlling use of the at least one electronic device, wherein acceptance of the meeting request is conditional upon acceptance of the access rights.
A system for specifying controlled access to the use of an electronic device, comprising:
- a meeting manager for sending a meeting request for a meeting to at least one invitee, wherein the meeting request specifies access rights to control use during the meeting of least one feature of a plurality of features of at least one electronic device associated with the at least one invitee;
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- the meeting manager for requiring the at least one invitee accept the access rights specified in the meeting request for controlling use of the at least one electronic device, wherein acceptance of the meeting request is conditional upon acceptance of the access rights.
A computer program product for specifying controlled access to the use of an electronic device, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising:
- computer usable program code configured to:
- send a meeting request for a meeting to at least one invitee, wherein the meeting request specifies access rights to control use during the meeting of least one feature of a plurality of features of at least one electronic device associated with the at least one invitee and
- require the at least one invitee accept the access rights specified in the meeting request for controlling use of the at least one electronic device, wherein acceptance of the meeting request is conditional upon acceptance of the access rights.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.