Methods, systems, and products for calendaring applications

• US 20060203620A1
• Filed: 02/28/2005
• Published: 09/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: At&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bedingfield, James C. Sr.
• Granted Patent: US 7,640,507 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 368/247
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for managing events in an electronic calendar. One such method associates an event with a rule, with the rule comprising a reminder and a date and a time of expiration. A calendar entry corresponding to the event is stored. After the date and time of the expiration, the electronic calendar ceases to present the reminder when launched. That is, when the electronic calendar is initialized, no reminders of expired events are visually/audibly presented by the electronic calendar.

Claims

1. A method of managing an event in a calendaring application, comprising:

associating the event with a rule, the rule comprising a reminder and an expiration;

storing a calendar entry corresponding to the event; and

after the expiration, ceasing to present the reminder when launching the calendaring application,

wherein upon expiration no reminder of the expired event is presented by the calendaring application.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the expiration comprises at least one of a date and a time at which the reminder is no longer presented.

3. A method according to claim 1, further comprising presenting the reminder of the event prior to the expiration.

4. A method according to claim 1, further comprising, after the expiration, ceasing to present the reminder when refreshing the calendaring application.

5. A method according to claim 4, wherein the step of ceasing to present the reminder when refreshing the calendaring application occurs upon maximizing or minimizing a graphical window representing the calendaring application.

6. A method according to claim 1, further comprising periodically presenting the reminder until the expiration.

7. A method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving an acknowledgement of the reminder.

8. A system, comprising:

a calendaring application stored in memory; and

a processor communicating with the memory,

the processor executing an event associated with a rule, the rule comprising a reminder and an expiration;

the processor executing a calendar entry corresponding to the event; and

after the expiration, the processor ceases to execute the reminder when launching the calendaring application,

wherein upon expiration no reminder of the expired event is executed by the processor.

9. A system according to claim 8, wherein the expiration comprises at least one of a date and a time at which the reminder is no longer presented.

10. A system according to claim 8, wherein the processor presents the reminder of the event prior to the expiration.

11. A system according to claim 8, wherein the processor, after the expiration, ceases to present the reminder when refreshing the calendaring application.

12. A system according to claim 11, wherein refreshing the calendaring application occurs upon maximizing or minimizing a graphical window representing the calendaring application.

13. A system according to claim 8, wherein the processor periodically presents the reminder until the expiration.

14. A system according to claim 8, wherein the processor receives an acknowledgement of the reminder.

15. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer-readable medium; and

a calendaring application stored on the computer-readable medium, the calendaring application comprising computer code for

associating an event with a rule, the rule comprising a reminder and an expiration;

storing a calendar entry corresponding to the event; and

after the expiration, ceasing to present the reminder when launching the calendaring application,

wherein upon expiration no reminder of the expired event is presented by the calendaring application.

16. A computer program product according to claim 15, wherein the expiration comprises at least one of a date and a time at which the reminder is no longer presented.

17. A computer program product according to claim 15, further comprising computer code for presenting the reminder of the event prior to the expiration.

18. A computer program product according to claim 15, further comprising, after the expiration, computer code for ceasing to present the reminder when refreshing the calendaring application.

19. A computer program product according to claim 18, further comprising computer code for refreshing the calendaring application upon maximizing or minimizing a graphical window representing the calendaring application.

20. A computer program product according to claim 15, further comprising computer code for periodically presenting the reminder until the expiration.