OPTIMIZATION OF CALENDAR, INTINERARY, ROUTE PLAN, AND PIM EFFICIENCIES ACCORDING TO ASSIMILATED WIRELESS SERVICE AVAILABILITY CONDITIONS

• US 20070277113A1
• Filed: 05/24/2006
• Published: 11/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: AGRAWAL, KAVITA, THORSON, DERRAL C., BODIN, WILLIAM K., RYBCZYNSKI, GREGORY W.
• Application Number:
  US11/420,021
• Publication Number:
  US 20070277113A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

A system, method of providing a service, and computer-readable medium encoded with software for automatically optimization of one or more events in an electronic agenda, an electronic itinerary, an electronic calendar, or an electronic route plan, by allowing the user to indicate if a wireless service is needed during an event on the plan (or segment of the route); by accessing an electronic statistic regarding historical service availability of the wireless service based upon a previously sensed condition extrinsic devices for accessing the wireless service; by determining that the indicated wireless service would not likely meet a user'"'"'s preference for service quality; then finding an alternate time, location, or both, for the event; and by producing a modified electronic personal plan incorporating the alternate time, place, or both, for the event.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

an electronic personal plan input;

a user-operated service need indication that a wireless service is required during at least one event of the plan;

an electronic statistics accesser, said statistics reflecting availability of the needed wireless service based upon a historically sensed condition extrinsic to one or more devices for accessing the service; and

a plan modifier configured to analyze the statistics, to find an alternate time, location, or both time and location for an event responsive to determining that the needed service would not likely meet a service quality preference, and to modify the electronic personal plan to suggest the alternate finding.

2. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the input is configured to receive an electronic agenda.

3. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the input is configured to receive an electronic itinerary.

4. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the input is configured to receive an electronic calendar.

5. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the input is configured to receive an electronic route plan.

6. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the service need indication comprises a user selectable icon on a device display.

7. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the service need indication comprises a user preference to maintain an event factor selected from the group an event location, an event time of day, and an event day of week.

8. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the sensed extrinsic condition comprises a signal strength measurement collected from a wireless service consumption device.

9. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the sensed extrinsic condition comprises a data throughput measurement collected from a wireless service consumption device.

10. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the sensed extrinsic condition comprises a channel availability measurement collected from a wireless service consumption device.

11. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the sensed extrinsic condition comprises a service security qualifier collected from a wireless service consumption device.

12. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the data interface comprises a database client interface.

13. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the plan modifier is configured to annotate the modified electronic personal plan to display during which and at which events wireless service is likely to be available.

14. An automated method of providing service to an electronic planning device comprising the steps of:

receiving from a user an indication that a wireless service is required during an event in electronic personal plan;

accessing an electronic statistic regarding availability of the needed service based upon a historically sensed condition extrinsic to one or more devices for accessing the service; and

modifying the plan by analyzing the statistics, by finding an alternate time, location, or both time and location for the event responsive to determining that the indicated wireless service would not meet a service quality preference, and by producing a modified electronic personal plan suggesting the alternate finding.

15. The method as set forth in claim 14 wherein the plan comprises an electronic plan selected from the group of an electronic agenda, an electronic itinerary, an electronic calendar, and an electronic route plan.

16. The method as set forth in claim 14 wherein the service need indication comprises a user selectable icon on a device display for setting a user preference to maintain an event factor selected from the group an event location only, an event time of day only, an event day of week only, and a combination of two or more of event location, time of day, and day of week.

17. The method as set forth in claim 14 wherein the sensed extrinsic condition comprises at least one condition selected from the group of a signal strength measurement collected from a wireless service consumption device, a data throughput measurement collected from a wireless service consumption device, a channel availability measurement collected from a wireless service consumption device, and a service security qualifier collected from a wireless service consumption device.

18. The method as set forth in claim 14 wherein the step of modifying the plan further comprises annotating an electronic personal plan to display during which and at which events one or more wireless services are likely to be available.

19. An article of manufacture for storing software comprising:

a computer-readable medium suitable for storing computer-executable code;

computer-executable code stored in the medium and configured to cause a computer to perform the steps of;

receive from a user an indication that a wireless service is required during an event in electronic personal plan;

access an electronic statistic regarding availability of the needed service based upon a historically sensed condition extrinsic to one or more devices for accessing the service; and

modify the plan by analyzing the statistics, by finding an alternate time, location, or both time and location for the event responsive to determining that the indicated wireless service would not meet a service quality preference, and by producing a modified electronic personal plan suggesting the alternate finding.

20. The article as set forth in claim 19 wherein the plan comprises an electronic plan selected from the group of an electronic agenda, an electronic itinerary, an electronic calendar, and an electronic route plan.