METHOD FOR UPDATING A CALENDAR AND COMPUTER PROGRAM ELEMENT THEREFOR

• US 20070168869A1
• Filed: 01/13/2006
• Published: 07/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Vaidya, Suyog
• Application Number:
  US11/306,870
• Publication Number:
  US 20070168869A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/733
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for updating a calendar in a device like a mobile telephone and a computer program element configured to perform the update. The method comprises: connecting the device to a calendar database containing a set of calendar items; synchronizing the calendar in the device with said set of calendar items, so that the calendar in the device is updated to contain said set of calendar items, e.g. pertaining to a local calendar reflecting public holidays and other useful information.

Claims

1. A method for updating a calendar in a device, comprising:

connecting the device to a calendar database containing a set of calendar items;

synchronizing the calendar in the device with said set of calendar items, so that the calendar in the device is updated to contain said set of calendar items.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the device is customized with the set of calendar items by installing a file system during programming of the device before sale.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the device is customized with the set of calendar items by installing a file system downloaded from a computer.

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the computer is a server contacted over a telecommunication system.

5. A method according to claim 4, wherein said set of calendar items is updated by means of a message (SMS/MMS).

6. A method according to claim 3, wherein the computer is a local computer connected to the device.

7. A method according to claim 6, wherein the set of calendar items is installed in the local computer by contacting a server over a telecommunication system.

8. A method according to claim 6, wherein the set of calendar items is installed in the local computer by means of a computer readable medium delivered together with the device.

9. A computer program element comprising:

a set of calendar items, and configured to cooperate with a calendar in a device in order to synchronize a calendar in the device with said set of calendar items, so that the calendar in the device is updated to contain said set of calendar items.

10. A computer program element according to claim 9, stored on a computer readable medium, and configured to be copied and installed in the device.

11. A computer program element according to claim 9, stored in a server connectable to the device, and configured to be copied and installed in the device.