Selective exposure of free time in group scheduling systems

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APP PUB NO 20040128304A1
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10331413

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A system for selectively exposing free time in a group scheduling system. THe system can include a groupware system having a calendar of scheduled meetings between a multiplicity of groupware system users. A set of free time rules further can be provided. Each of the free time rules can specify whether to expose at least one of the scheduled meetings, or whether to hide the at least one scheduled meeting. Finally, a free time rule processor can be configured to expose individual ones of the scheduled meetings to requesting ones of the groupware system users based upon associated ones of the free time rules. Consequently, each exposure can permit a new meeting to be scheduled in lieu of each the exposed individual ones of the scheduled meetings.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Rokosz, Vaughn Theodore Newton, MA 4 179

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