Meeting invitation processing in a calendaring system

A data processing system for meeting invitation processing in a calendaring system, the data processing system comprising:

• a bus;
• a memory connected to the bus, wherein the memory contains computer usable program code;
• a processor unit connected to the memory and the bus, wherein the processor executes the computer usable program code to create:
• a receiver capable of receiving a meeting invitation request from a user, wherein the meeting invitation includes a set of attributes;
• a comparator capable of analyzing the set of attributes of the meeting invitation request;
• a selector capable of selecting a process from a set of predefined processes comprising a pending meeting indicator process, a multiple meeting display process, an availability probability process, and a prioritized list process to create a selected process;
• a rules processor capable of selectively modifying the selected process to create a modified process;
• a meeting invitation application capable of invoking the modified process to process the meeting invitation request;
• and
• a notifier capable of notifying the user.

A computer program product for meeting invitation processing in a calendaring system, the computer program product comprising computer usable program code stored on a computer readable storage medium, the computer usable program code comprising:

• computer usable program code for receiving a meeting invitation request from a user, wherein the meeting invitation includes a set of attributes;
• computer usable program code for analyzing the set of attributes of the meeting invitation request;
• computer usable program code for selecting a process from a set of predefined processes comprising a pending meeting indicator process, a multiple meeting display process, an availability probability process, and a prioritized list process to create a selected process;
• computer usable program code for selectively modifying the selected process to create a modified process;
• computer usable program code for invoking the modified process to process the meeting invitation request;
• and
• computer usable program code for notifying the user.