Communication device with capability for handling conditional acceptance of meeting requests

Abstract

Interacting digitally communicating devices cooperate to schedule future meetings include a capability to handle conditional acceptance of meeting requests. For example, a conditional acceptance may be subject to Boolean logic functions of the acceptance status(es) of other meeting invitees (e.g., the condition that another specific one or more invitees also accept the meeting request).

1 . A method, comprising:
 receiving, at a portable electronic device associated with a meeting invitee, a request to arrange a meeting between a plurality of meeting invitees;   recording, at the portable electronic device, the meeting as a tentative meeting in a calendar application of the portable electronic device;   sending, from the portable electronic device, a conditional acceptance to the request, the conditional acceptance comprising a condition that at least one other meeting invitee has failed to accept the request; and   recording, in the calendar application, the meeting as an accepted meeting in response to receipt of an indication that the condition has been met.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , comprising deleting the meeting from the calendar application in response to receipt of an indication that the condition has not been met. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 2 , comprising sending, from the portable electronic device, a response declining the meeting in response to receipt of the indication that the condition has not been met. 
     
     
         4 . A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer-readable code embodied therein executable by a processor of a portable electronic device associated with a meeting invitee for receiving, at the portable electronic device, a request to arrange a meeting between a plurality of meeting invitees, recording, at the portable electronic device, the meeting as a tentative meeting in a calendar application of the portable electronic device, sending, from the portable electronic device, a conditional acceptance to the request, the conditional acceptance comprising a condition that at least one other meeting invitee has failed to accept the request, and recording, in the calendar application, the meeting as an accepted meeting in response to receipt of an indication that the condition has been met. 
     
     
         5 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 4 , wherein the processor deletes the meeting from the calendar application in response to receipt of an indication that the condition has not been met. 
     
     
         6 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 5 , wherein the processor sends a response declining the meeting in response to receipt of the indication that the condition has not been met. 
     
     
         7 . A portable electronic device comprising:
 a display;   a memory; and   a processor operative coupled to the display and the memory for executing a program stored in the memory to cause the portable electronic device to receive a request to arrange a meeting between a plurality of meeting invitees, record the meeting as a tentative meeting in a calendar application of the portable electronic device, send a conditional acceptance to the request, the conditional acceptance comprising a condition that at least one other meeting invitee has failed to accept the request, and record, in the calendar application, the meeting as an accepted meeting in response to receipt of an indication that the condition has been met.   
     
     
         8 . The portable electronic device according to  claim 7 , wherein the processor executes a program stored in the memory to cause the portable electronic device to delete the meeting from the calendar application in response to receipt of an indication that the condition has not been met. 
     
     
         9 . The portable electronic device according to  claim 8 , wherein the processor executes a program stored in the memory to cause the portable electronic device to send a response declining the meeting in response to receipt of the indication that the condition has not been met.