Automatic Reminder for Repeating Calendar Events

• US 20080172283A1
• Filed: 01/17/2007
• Published: 07/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Mizrachi, Boaz, Klausner, Moshe
• Application Number:
  US11/623,759
• Publication Number:
  US 20080172283A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups

Abstract

Managing repeating events in a calendar application, including scheduling a series of repeating events using a calendar application executed by a computer, and configuring the calendar application to provide a reminder announcing the last event in the series as being the last event in the series.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for managing repeating events in a calendar application, the method comprising:

scheduling a series of repeating events using a calendar application executed by a computer; and

configuring said calendar application to provide a reminder announcing the last event in said series as being the last event in said series.

2. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 and further comprising:

receiving at a calendar application executed by a second computer an invitation to attend said series of repeating events scheduled at said first computer; and

configuring said second computer calendar application to provide a reminder announcing the last event in said series as being the last event in said series.

3. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 and further comprising:

receiving an invitation via said calendar application to attend said series of repeating events; and

configuring said calendar application to provide a reminder to said invitee announcing the last event in said series as being the last event in said series.

4. A computer-implemented method for managing repeating events in a calendar application, the method comprising:

receiving an instruction to schedule a series of repeating events; and

receiving an instruction to provide a reminder announcing the last event in said series as being the last event in the series.

5. The computer-implemented method according to claim 4 and further comprising displaying an indicator representing any of said repeating entries.

6. The computer-implemented method according to claim 4 and further comprising displaying an indicator representing said last event in said series.

7. A system for managing repeating events in a calendar application, the system comprising:

a scheduler for scheduling a series of repeating events using a calendar application executed by a computer; and

a reminder manager configured to provide a reminder announcing the last event in said series as being the last event in said series.

8. The system according to claim 7 and further comprising:

a second scheduler executed by a second computer and operative to receive an invitation to attend said series of repeating events scheduled at said first computer; and

a second reminder manager executed by said second computer and configured to provide a reminder announcing the last event in said series as being the last event in said series.

9. The system according to claim 7 wherein said scheduler is operative to receive an invitation to attend said series of repeating events, and wherein said reminder manager is operative to configure said calendar application to provide a reminder to said invitee announcing the last event in said series as being the last event in said series.

10. The system according to claim 7 and further comprising displaying an indicator representing any of said repeating entries.

11. The system according to claim 7 and further comprising displaying an indicator representing said last event in said series.