ELECTRONIC CALENDAR ASSOCIATING TASKS AND APPOINTMENTS

• US 20080177609A1
• Filed: 01/23/2007
• Published: 07/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: HAUGEN, TODD, GRIEB, DOREEN, NASCIMBENI, MELINDA, KNAPP, JOHN E.
• Application Number:
  US11/625,916
• Publication Number:
  US 20080177609A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/8
• 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

An electronic calendar allowing the association of a task with an appointment is provided. The association between the task and the appointment represents when a user intends to address the task relative to the appointment. The task is displayed in an electronic calendar view based on the association with the appointment. If a change is made to the scheduled time for the appointment, the task moves relative to the appointment in the electronic calendar view.

Claims

1. One or more computer-readable media embodying computer-useable instructions for performing a method of presenting an electronic calendar, the method comprising:

displaying an electronic calendar view;

providing an association between a task and at least one appointment, the association representing when a user intends to perform the task relative to the at least one appointment; and

displaying the task and the at least one appointment in the electronic calendar view, wherein the task is displayed in the electronic calendar view based on the association between the task and the at least one appointment.

2. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the electronic calendar view is a day view.

3. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 2, wherein the day view includes a time scale, the appointment being displayed at a location within the day view based on the time scale and a scheduled time for the appointment, the task being displayed in the day view independent of the time scale.

4. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the task is displayed with a check box.

5. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the association between the task and the at least one appointment is a before association between the task and a first appointment representing that the user intends to perform the task before the first appointment.

6. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 5, wherein displaying the task and the at least one appointment in the electronic calendar view comprises displaying the task before the first appointment in the electronic calendar view.

7. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the association between the task and the at least one appointment is a during association between the task and a first appointment representing that the user intends to perform the task during the first appointment.

8. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 7, wherein displaying the task and the at least one appointment in the electronic calendar view comprises displaying the task beside the first appointment in the electronic calendar view.

9. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the association between the task and the at least one appointment is an after association between the task and a first appointment representing that the user intends to perform the task after the first appointment.

10. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 9, wherein displaying the task and the at least one appointment in the electronic calendar view comprises displaying the task after the first appointment in the electronic calendar view.

11. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the association between the task and the at least one appointment is an in-between association between the task and a first appointment and a second appointment representing that the user intends to perform the task between the first appointment and the second appointment.

12. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 11, wherein displaying the task and the at least one appointment in the electronic calendar view comprises displaying the task between the first appointment and the second appointment in the electronic calendar view.

13. One or more computer-readable media embodying computer-useable instructions for performing a method of presenting an electronic calendar, the method comprising:

displaying a task and an appointment in an electronic calendar view, wherein the task has an association with the appointment, the association representing when a user intends to perform the task relative to the appointment, wherein the task is displayed in the electronic calendar view relative to the appointment based on the association;

receiving input indicative of a change in a scheduled time for the appointment; and

displaying the task and the appointment in the electronic calendar view based on the change in scheduled time for the appointment.

14. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein the association comprises at least one of:

a before association representing that the user intends to perform the task before the appointment;

a during association representing that the user intends to perform the task during the appointment; and

an after association representing that the user intends to perform the task after the appointment.

15. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein receiving input indicative of a change in the scheduled time for the appointment comprises receiving input indicative a change in the start time for the appointment.

16. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein displaying the task and the appointment in the electronic calendar view based on the change in scheduled time for the appointment comprises:

determining that the association is a before association; and

displaying the task in a new location within the electronic calendar view based on the change in the start time for the appointment.

17. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein receiving input indicative of a change in the scheduled time for the appointment comprises receiving input indicative of a change in the end time for the appointment.

18. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 18, wherein displaying the task and the appointment in the electronic calendar view based on the change in scheduled time for the appointment comprises:

determining that the association is an after association; and

displaying the task in a new location within the electronic calendar view based on the change in the end time for the appointment.

19. One or more computer-readable media having stored thereon a data structure, comprising:

a first data field containing data representing at least one task;

a second data field containing data representing at least one appointment; and

a third data field containing data representing at least one association between the at least one task and the at least one appointment, wherein the association represents when a user intends to perform the at least one task relative to the at least one appointment.

20. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 19, wherein the at least one association comprises at least one of a before association, a during association, an after association, and an in-between association.