COMMUNICATING SHARED ELECTRONIC CALENDAR MODIFICATIONS
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1. A method for updating a shared electronic calendar with at least one new electronic calendar modification notice, the method comprising:
- identifying a first shared electronic calendar user accessing a shared electronic calendar at a first instance;
identifying a second instance the first shared electronic calendar user accessed the shared electronic calendar, wherein the second instance precedes the first instance the first shared electronic calendar user accesses the shared electronic calendar;
determining at least one new electronic calendar modification, wherein the at least one new electronic calendar modification is provided by a second shared electronic calendar user following the second instance the first shared electronic calendar user accessed the shared electronic calendar; and
outputting at least one new electronic calendar modification notice.
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Abstract
A shared electronic calendar modification notice provides calendar users accessing the calendar with notification that a calendar modification has been made by another calendar user. A shared electronic calendar user accessing the shared calendar is identified. Upon identifying a shared electronic calendar user, calendar modifications that are new to the shared electronic calendar user are identified. Modification notices are then output to communicate the new calendar modifications to the calendar user.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for updating a shared electronic calendar with at least one new electronic calendar modification notice, the method comprising:
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identifying a first shared electronic calendar user accessing a shared electronic calendar at a first instance; identifying a second instance the first shared electronic calendar user accessed the shared electronic calendar, wherein the second instance precedes the first instance the first shared electronic calendar user accesses the shared electronic calendar; determining at least one new electronic calendar modification, wherein the at least one new electronic calendar modification is provided by a second shared electronic calendar user following the second instance the first shared electronic calendar user accessed the shared electronic calendar; and outputting at least one new electronic calendar modification notice. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A graphical user interface embodied on one or more computer-readable media and executable on a computer, said graphical user interface comprising:
a first display area of a shared electronic calendar configured to display at least one new electronic calendar modification notice to provide a first shared electronic calendar user notice of at least one new electronic calendar modification entered by a second shared electronic calendar user, wherein display of the at least one new electronic calendar modification notice is determined based on an identification of the first shared electronic user and an identification of a previous instance the first shared electronic user accessed the shared electronic calendar. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. One or more computer-readable media embodying computer-executable instructions for performing a method of notifying a viewing shared electronic calendar user of at least one shared electronic calendar modification, the method comprising:
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identifying the viewing shared electronic calendar user accessing a calendar view of a shared electronic calendar at a first instance; identifying a previous instance the viewing shared electronic calendar user accessed the calendar view of the shared electronic calendar; determining at least one new shared electronic calendar modification entered by a modifying shared electronic calendar user after the previous instance the first shared electronic calendar user accessed the calendar view of the shared electronic calendar; and outputting at least one shared electronic calendar modification notice. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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