Method to facilitate a reply to electronic meeting invitation in an interactive multi-terminal system employing electronic calendars

Abstract From the Canadian patent

An electronic calendaring method for use in a data processing system which includes a plurality of interactive terminals which are interconnected to permit an end user at each terminal to interchange information with each other and to maintain an electronic calendar. The method facilitates the reply process to an electronic invitation to attend a meeting that is issued by one of the end users by arranging for the system to advise the invitee that a meeting notice is available for review in the "In Box" of the terminal. The method causes a composite screen to be built which simultaneously displays the meeting details and the relevant section i.e. a day of entries, of the owner's calendar in …