Scheduling audio modalities for data management and data rendering

• US 20070168194A1
• Filed: 01/13/2006
• Published: 07/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Jaramillo, David, Bodin, William, Redman, Jerry, Thorson, Derral
• Application Number:
  US11/331,694
• Publication Number:
  US 20070168194A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/270
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for scheduling audio modalities for data management and data rendering which include maintaining an audio modality schedule, selecting one of a plurality of predetermined audio configurations in dependence upon the audio modality schedule and current date and time information, and setting audio operation of a data management and data rendering module to the selected predetermined audio configuration. Maintaining an audio modality schedule may include maintaining a static audio modality table. Maintaining an audio modality schedule may include maintaining a dynamic audio modality table, including retrieving synthesized calendar events, creating entries in the dynamic audio modality table in dependence upon the retrieved synthesized calendar events, and associating with each entry in the dynamic audio modality table a predetermined audio configuration.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for scheduling audio modalities for data management and data rendering, the method comprising:

maintaining an audio modality schedule;

selecting one of a plurality of predetermined audio configurations in dependence upon the audio modality schedule and current date and time information; and

setting audio operation of a data management and data rendering module to the selected predetermined audio configuration.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein maintaining an audio modality schedule comprises maintaining a static audio modality table.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein maintaining an audio modality schedule comprises maintaining a dynamic audio modality table including:

retrieving synthesized calendar events;

creating entries in the dynamic audio modality table in dependence upon the retrieved synthesized calendar events; and

associating with each entry in the dynamic audio modality table a predetermined audio configuration.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein maintaining an audio modality schedule comprises:

receiving modality scheduling events from a user;

creating entries in the audio modality schedule in dependence upon the received modality scheduling events; and

associating with each entry in the dynamic audio modality table a predetermined audio configuration.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein selecting one of a plurality of predetermined audio configurations in dependence upon the audio modality schedule and current date and time information further comprises selecting one of a plurality of predetermined audio configurations in dependence upon location information.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein selecting one of a plurality of predetermined audio configurations in dependence upon the audio modality schedule and current date and time information further comprises selecting one of a plurality of predetermined audio configurations in dependence upon user commands.

7. A system for scheduling audio modalities for data management and data rendering, the system comprising:

a computer processor;

a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of;

maintaining an audio modality schedule;

selecting one of a plurality of predetermined audio configurations in dependence upon the audio modality schedule and current date and time information; and

setting audio operation of a data management and data rendering module to the selected predetermined audio configuration.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of maintaining a static audio modality table.

9. The system of claim 7 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of maintaining a dynamic audio modality table including:

retrieving synthesized calendar events;

creating entries in the dynamic audio modality table in dependence upon the retrieved synthesized calendar events; and

associating with each entry in the dynamic audio modality table a predetermined audio configuration.

10. The system of claim 7 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:

receiving modality scheduling events from a user;

creating entries in the audio modality schedule in dependence upon the received modality scheduling events; and

associating with each entry in the dynamic audio modality table a predetermined audio configuration.

11. The system of claim 7 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of selecting one of a plurality of predetermined audio configurations in dependence upon location information.

12. The system of claim 7 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of selecting one of a plurality of predetermined audio configurations in dependence upon user commands.

13. A computer program product for scheduling audio modalities for data management and data rendering, the computer program product embodied on a computer-readable medium, the computer program product comprising:

computer program instructions for maintaining an audio modality schedule;

computer program instructions for selecting one of a plurality of predetermined audio configurations in dependence upon the audio modality schedule and current date and time information; and

computer program instructions for setting audio operation of a data management and data rendering module to the selected predetermined audio configuration.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein computer program instructions for maintaining an audio modality schedule comprise computer program instructions for maintaining a static audio modality table.

15. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein computer program instructions for maintaining an audio modality schedule comprise computer program instructions for maintaining a dynamic audio modality table including:

computer program instructions for retrieving synthesized calendar events;

computer program instructions for creating entries in the dynamic audio modality table in dependence upon the retrieved synthesized calendar events; and

computer program instructions for associating with each entry in the dynamic audio modality table a predetermined audio configuration.

16. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein computer program instructions for maintaining an audio modality schedule comprise:

computer program instructions for receiving modality scheduling events from a user;

computer program instructions for creating entries in the audio modality schedule in dependence upon the received modality scheduling events; and

computer program instructions for associating with each entry in the dynamic audio modality table a predetermined audio configuration.

17. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein computer program instructions for selecting one of a plurality of predetermined audio configurations in dependence upon the audio modality schedule and current date and time information further comprise computer program instructions for selecting one of a plurality of predetermined audio configurations in dependence upon location information.

18. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein computer program instructions for selecting one of a plurality of predetermined audio configurations in dependence upon the audio modality schedule and current date and time information further comprise computer program instructions for selecting one of a plurality of predetermined audio configurations in dependence upon user commands.