Appeal 2007-0786
Application 10/262,142
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Appellants seek our review under 35 U.S.C. § 134 of the Examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-27. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b) (2002). We
reverse.
THE INVENTION
Appellants claim a method and apparatus for scheduling and facilitating a
meeting (Specification 1:4-5). Claim 1, reproduced below, is representative of the
subject matter on appeal.
1. A method of scheduling a meeting comprising:
specifying a plurality of individuals to participate
in the meeting and a list of desired resources for
facilitating the meeting;
communicating with a plurality of scheduling
agents corresponding, respectively, with the plurality of
individuals and with a processor function embedded with
a resource corresponding to the list of desired resources;
negotiating with the plurality of scheduling agents
to determine availability of the plurality of individuals
and with the processor function embedded with the
resource to determine availability of the resource; and
scheduling the meeting at a time when the resource
and a sufficient number of the plurality of individuals are
available.
THE REJECTIONS
The Examiner relies upon the following as evidence in support of the
rejections:
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