Cognitive enhancement to meeting scheduling

A system for automatically scheduling a calendar meeting, the system comprising:

• a computer system comprising:
• a computer processor, a computer-readable storage medium, and program instructions on the computer-readable storage medium being executable by the processor, to cause the computer system to perform a method, comprising:
• initiating a meeting request by a meeting chairperson using a computer having a calendar application, the meeting request including a meeting description and being deliverable to a plurality of invitees to schedule a meeting in response to the meeting request;
• detecting and retrieving availability of the invitees by determining a calendar availability for each of the invitees;
• analyzing the availability of the invitees in relation to the meeting request to determine an available invitee with no calendar conflicts;
• determining an importance of a scheduled meeting in each of an invitees' calendars in response to a calendar conflict for scheduling a common meeting day and time between the invitees for the meeting based on the scheduled meetings in each of the invitees' calendars, the importance being determined using a cognitive analysis of the scheduled meeting in each of the invitees' calendars, the cognitive analysis including, the meeting description, invitee scheduled meeting information, and a profile of each of the invitees which includes historical data of a past related meeting to the meeting request;
• determining one or more available invitee with the calendar conflict based on the analyzing of the availability of the invitees, and the determining of an importance of the scheduled meeting using the cognitive analysis, the cognitive analysis determining the importance of the scheduled meeting based on a comparison of the priority of the meeting request to the scheduled meetings of each the invitees, such that the meeting description of the meeting request is determined as more important than the scheduled meeting;
• determining, using the cognitive analysis, when an invitee of the invitees meets a threshold of importance to the meeting of the meeting request;
• designating the invitee as an available invitee, when the importance of the scheduled meeting in the invitee's calendar does not meet or exceed the threshold of importance of the meeting of the meeting request;
• and
• presenting the meeting chair with a list of the available invitees with the common meeting day and time for the meeting request.

A computer program product for automatically scheduling a calendar meeting in a computer networked environment, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform a method, comprising:

• initiating a meeting request by a meeting chairperson using a computer having a calendar application, the meeting request including a meeting description and being deliverable to a plurality of invitees to schedule a meeting in response to the meeting request;
• detecting and retrieving availability of the invitees by determining a calendar availability for each of the invitees;
• analyzing the availability of the invitees in relation to the meeting request to determine an available invitee with no calendar conflicts;
• determining an importance of a scheduled meeting in each of an invitees' calendars in response to a calendar conflict for scheduling a common meeting day and time between the invitees for the meeting based on the scheduled meetings in each of the invitees' calendars, the importance being determined using a cognitive analysis of the scheduled meeting in each of the invitees' calendars, the cognitive analysis including, the meeting description, invitee scheduled meeting information, and a profile of each of the invitees which includes historical data of a past related meeting to the meeting request;
• determining one or more available invitee with the calendar conflict based on the analyzing of the availability of the invitees, and the determining of an importance of the scheduled meeting using the cognitive analysis, the cognitive analysis determining the importance of the scheduled meeting based on a comparison of the priority of the meeting request to the scheduled meetings of each the invitees, such that the meeting description of the meeting request is determined as more important than the scheduled meeting;
• determining, using the cognitive analysis, when an invitee of the invitees meets a threshold of importance to the meeting of the meeting request;
• designating the invitee as an available invitee, when the importance of the scheduled meeting in the invitee's calendar does not meet or exceed the threshold of importance of the meeting of the meeting request;
• and
• presenting the meeting chair with a list of the available invitees with the common meeting day and time for the meeting request.