Methods and systems for a web-based calendar application
First Claim
1. A method for generating a calendar for publication on a first website, the method performed by a computer processor and comprising:
- Retrieving from a web server a calendar feed comprising at least one event, the calendar feed corresponding to a second calendar published on a second website, wherein the calendar feed is an Internet and Calendar Scheduling (ICS) feed;
for each one of the events in the calendar feed, determining whether there is a corresponding event post in the calendar, and creating in the calendar a new event post for the event if there is no corresponding event post, wherein creating a new event post comprises assigning metadata to the event post for the purposes of facilitating downstream publication and combinations of event feeds; and
retrieving an updated calendar feed from the web server;
for each one of the events in the updated calendar feed, determining whether there is a corresponding event post in the calendar; and
if there is a corresponding event post in the calendar, updating the corresponding event post with information corresponding to the event, otherwise, if there is no corresponding event post in the calendar, creating in the calendar a new event post for the event,wherein retrieving the updated calendar feed from the web server comprises receiving a push notification from the web server providing notification of an update to the calendar feed, andwherein assigning the metadata to the event post comprises assigning at least one of a category and tag to the event based on a predefined setting for the calendar feed.
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Abstract
A calendar platform is provided for creating an event calendar for publication on a website and sharing events between different calendars. A method for creating an online calendar includes creating at least one event post in the calendar and retrieving from a web server a calendar feed corresponding to a second calendar. For each one of the events in the calendar feed, a new event post for the event is created if the event does not match one of the previously created event posts in the calendar. An event category is assigned to the new event post based on settings defined for the calendar feed. An Internet user viewing the calendar can filter the events by category and export selected events to the user'"'"'s calendar.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for generating a calendar for publication on a first website, the method performed by a computer processor and comprising:
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Retrieving from a web server a calendar feed comprising at least one event, the calendar feed corresponding to a second calendar published on a second website, wherein the calendar feed is an Internet and Calendar Scheduling (ICS) feed; for each one of the events in the calendar feed, determining whether there is a corresponding event post in the calendar, and creating in the calendar a new event post for the event if there is no corresponding event post, wherein creating a new event post comprises assigning metadata to the event post for the purposes of facilitating downstream publication and combinations of event feeds; and retrieving an updated calendar feed from the web server; for each one of the events in the updated calendar feed, determining whether there is a corresponding event post in the calendar; and if there is a corresponding event post in the calendar, updating the corresponding event post with information corresponding to the event, otherwise, if there is no corresponding event post in the calendar, creating in the calendar a new event post for the event, wherein retrieving the updated calendar feed from the web server comprises receiving a push notification from the web server providing notification of an update to the calendar feed, and wherein assigning the metadata to the event post comprises assigning at least one of a category and tag to the event based on a predefined setting for the calendar feed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for generating a calendar for publication on a first website, the system comprising:
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a global event server comprising a computer processor that stores information about event posts which have been created in the calendar and one or more other calendars; a first web server comprising a computer processor that; retrieves from a web server a calendar feed comprising at least one event, the calendar feed corresponding to a second calendar published on a second website, wherein the calendar feed is an Internet and Calendar Scheduling (ICS) feed; for each one of the events in the calendar feed, determines whether there is a corresponding event post in the calendar, and, if there is no corresponding event post, creates in the calendar a new event post for the event, wherein in creating the new event post, metadata is assigned to the event post for the purposes of facilitating downstream publication and combinations of event feeds; retrieves an updated calendar feed from the web server; for each one of the events in the updated calendar feed, determines whether there is a corresponding event post in the calendar; and if there is a corresponding event post in the calendar, updates corresponding event post with information corresponding to the event, otherwise, if there is no corresponding event post in the calendar, creates in the calendar a new event post for the event, wherein retrieving the updated calendar feed from the web server comprises receiving a push notification from the web server providing notification of an update to the calendar feed, and wherein assigning the metadata to the event post comprises assigning at least one of a category and tag to the event based on a predefined setting for the calendar feed. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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