Abstract: A room management system includes one or more room management clients inside of respective meeting rooms and one or more room management clients outside of the respective meeting rooms that are all coupled to a room management server. The room management system perform various operations to help facilitate the scheduling and conduct of meetings in the meeting rooms. For example, the room management system may facilitate notifications to attendees in a meeting room when the meeting is scheduled to come to an end. The room management system may furthermore facilitate identification and scheduling of an alternative meeting room to continue a meeting that overruns its scheduled time. Furthermore, the room management system may provide a smart directory that intelligently determines and presents a ranked list of people and/or other meeting rooms that attendees in a meeting room are likely to want to call during the meeting.

Abstract: A room management system includes one or more room management clients inside of respective meeting rooms and one or more room management clients outside of the respective meeting rooms that are all coupled to a room management server. The room management system perform various operations to help facilitate the scheduling and conduct of meetings in the meeting rooms. For example, the room management system may facilitate notifications to attendees in a meeting room when the meeting is scheduled to come to an end. The room management system may furthermore facilitate identification and scheduling of an alternative meeting room to continue a meeting that overruns its scheduled time. Furthermore, the room management system may provide a smart directory that intelligently determines and presents a ranked list of people and/or other meeting rooms that attendees in a meeting room are likely to want to call during the meeting.

Abstract: A room management system includes one or more room management clients inside of respective meeting rooms and one or more room management clients outside of the respective meeting rooms that are all coupled to a room management server. The room management system perform various operations to help facilitate the scheduling and conduct of meetings in the meeting rooms. For example, the room management system may facilitate notifications to attendees in a meeting room when the meeting is scheduled to come to an end. The room management system may furthermore facilitate identification and scheduling of an alternative meeting room to continue a meeting that overruns its scheduled time. Furthermore, the room management system may provide a smart directory that intelligently determines and presents a ranked list of people and/or other meeting rooms that attendees in a meeting room are likely to want to call during the meeting.

Abstract: A clip for quickly hanging strings of decorative lights with magnetic base lamp sockets on a home or building. The clip has a ferrous metal base with a hole in the center and a plurality of spaced-apart retaining tabs around the perimeter of the base extending a predetermined distance away from the base. Each of the plurality of spaced-apart retaining tabs has a groove on each side of the tabs to reduce weight. The clip is attached to wood with a screw or a nail or attached to metal or glass with a glue, epoxy or double sided adhesive tape.

Abstract: A clip for quickly hanging strings of decorative lights with magnetic base lamp sockets on a home or building. The clip has a ferrous metal base with a hole in the center and a plurality of spaced-apart retaining tabs around the perimeter of the base extending a predetermined distance away from the base. Each of the plurality of spaced-apart retaining tabs has a groove on each side of the tabs to reduce weight. The clip is attached to wood with a screw or a nail or attached to metal or glass with a glue, epoxy or double sided adhesive tape.

Abstract: A convertible furniture article (1) can be configured alternatively to provide a bench-type seat, a picnic table or work bench, or a platform or staging. The article has a rigid base frame (2) which supports a seat (4) and a movable top structure that can serve as a table top (3), a platform, or a back rest associated with the seat. Two such articles can be juxtaposed in confronting relation to provide a picnic table. The article can be designed to provide seating for one or more individuals according to its size, and can also serve as a work bench or a desk with an adjustably inclinable top surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a meter socket arrangement wherein a tubular bus is coupled between each planar bus bar connected to the power source and meter input terminals for transporting electrical power from the planar bus bars to their respective meter input terminals. This invention also provides a novel boot for connection between the tubular bus and the planar bus bar to provide improved electrical connection between the bus bar and the tubular bus. The present invention may be utilized in any meter socket arrangement, including meter socket arrangements used in combination service entrance devices.