METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZATION AND DISPLAY OF A PLURALITY OF CALENDARS ON A DEVICE

• US 20090040875A1
• Filed: 08/07/2008
• Published: 02/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Serban, Cristian, Buzescu, Adrian
• Application Number:
  US12/188,088
• Publication Number:
  US 20090040875A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 368/29
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

A method and system are provided for synchronizing a plurality of calendars on a mobile device. An embodiment includes responsive to receiving a plurality of event objects, parsing each event object into event information and a calendar identifier. The method includes associating each event object with a calendar based on the calendar identifier. The method includes displaying the event objects on a calendar client executing on the consumer device, wherein each event object indicates the calendar with which it is associated.

Claims

1. A method for synchronizing a plurality of calendars on a consumer device, comprising:

responsive to receiving a plurality of event objects, parsing each event object into event information and a calendar identifier;

associating each event object with a calendar based on the calendar identifier; and

displaying the event objects on a calendar client executing on the consumer device,

wherein each event object indicates the calendar with which it is associated.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the consumer device is at least one of a mobile device and a cellular telephone.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the event objects are received via a SyncML DS protocol.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the consumer device communicates with at least one of a backend server and network location having at least one calendar application providing the calendar.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the event objects are at least one of:

vCalendar and iCalendar objects.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein each event object includes a calendar name, a calendar identifier, a calendar color, a category, and an organizer.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein each displayed event object is color-coded according to the associated calendar color, and displays the category, the organizer, and the calendar name.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to a user selection of calendars to display, displaying event objects associated with the user-selected calendars.

9. A method for synchronizing a plurality of calendars on a consumer device, comprising:

collecting event objects, each event object associated with a respective calendar;

associating each event object with a calendar identifier corresponding to its associated calendar;

formatting each event object for transmission to the consumer device; and

responsive to securing a communication session with the consumer device, transmitting the event objects.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the consumer device is at least one of a mobile device and a cellular phone.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the consumer device communicates with at least one of a backend server and a network location having at least one calendar application providing the calendar.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the event objects are transmitted via a SyncML DS protocol.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the event objects are at least one of:

vCalendar and iCalendar objects.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein each event object includes a calendar name, calendar identifier, a calendar color, a category, and an organizer.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein each event object is color-coded according to the associated calendar color when displayed on the mobile device, and displays the category, the organizer, and the calendar name.

16. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

responsive to a user selection of calendars, only transmitting the event objects associated with the user-selected calendars.

17. A system for synchronizing a plurality of calendars on a consumer device, comprising:

a server, the server accessing a plurality of calendars, the server being configured to;

collect event objects associated with each calendar,

associate each event object with a calendar identifier corresponding to its associated calendar, and

format each event object for transmission;

a communications link for transmitting the event objects; and

a consumer device for receiving the event objects over the communications link, the consumer device being configured to;

responsive to receiving the event objects, parse each event object into event information and a calendar identifier,

associate each event object with a calendar based on the calendar identifier, and

display the event objects on a calendar client executing on the consumer device, wherein each event object indicates the calendar with which it is associated.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the consumer device is at least one of a mobile device and a cellular phone.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the consumer device communicates with at least one of a backend server and a network location having at least one calendar application providing the calendar.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the event objects are transmitted via SyncML DS protocol.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein the event objects are at least one of:

vCalendar and iCalendar objects.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein each event object includes a calendar name, calendar identifier, a calendar color, a category, and an organizer, and each event object is color-coded according to the associated calendar color when displayed on the consumer device, and further displayed with its associated category, organizer and calendar name.

23. The system of claim 17, wherein the server is configured to, responsive to a user selection of calendars, only transmitting the event objects associated with the user-selected calendars.