US 11,756,003 B2
Generating social proximity indicators for meetings in electronic schedules
Aleksander Øhrn, Oslo (NO)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/774,807.
Prior Publication US 2021/0233037 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/1093 (2023.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 10/1095 (2013.01) [H04L 12/1827 (2013.01); H04L 12/1831 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
13. A computerized method comprising:
receiving, from an electronic scheduling application, meeting information for a plurality of meeting events of an electronic schedule, wherein the meeting information includes a plurality of attendees for each meeting event within the plurality of meeting events;
determining, for each meeting event, multiple attendee proximity scores, each of the multiple attendee proximity scores being a score indicating a social proximity between a meeting host and a different meeting attendee of the plurality of attendees;
deriving an overall meeting proximity score for a meeting based on the multiple attendee proximity scores;
generating, for each meeting event, a graphical user interface component for the meeting event comprising a proximity indicator representing the overall meeting proximity score; and
within a calendar view of an application, presenting the proximity indicator in association with the meeting event while concurrently displaying another proximity indicator for at least one other meeting visible on the calendar view.