Abstract
From the background information supplied by the inventors, news correspondents o btained the following quote: “Computers may be used to automate scheduling of me etings. However, missing in current computer-based scheduling systems is an abil ity to properly recognize changes to user productivity. What is needed is a tech nical solution to derive productivity changes as they pertain to scheduling. “In the drawings, like reference numbers generally indicate identical or similar elements. Additionally, generally, the left-most digit(s) of a reference number identifies the drawing in which the reference number first appears.”