TECHNIQUES FOR RECEIVING EVENT INFORMATION

• US 20090064190A1
• Filed: 08/31/2007
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Pereira, Mindy, Champlin, David G., Chen, Lang S., Parekh, Manisha D., Neelakantan, Radha
• Application Number:
  US11/848,602
• Publication Number:
  US 20090064190A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/318
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

Techniques involving the reception of information regarding scheduled events are disclosed. For example, an apparatus may include an event management module and a communications interface module. The event management module creates an event object corresponding to an event. The event object may include a desired status information indicator. Based on this indicator, the communications interface module receives the desired status information from a remote device.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

an event management module to create an event object corresponding to an event, the event object comprising a desired status information indicator; and

a communications interface module to receive the desired status information from a remote device, wherein the desired status information is based on the desired status information indicator.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a calendar application module to create a calendar entry, wherein the event object is included in the calendar entry.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the calendar application module is to generate a user notification based on the received status information.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the calendar application module is to modify the calendar entry based on the notification.

5. The apparatus of claim 1:

wherein the event management module is to generate a request message, and the communications interface module is to send the request message to the remote device; and

wherein the received status information is received in response to the request message.

6. The apparatus of claim 5:

wherein the event object further comprises an event time; and

wherein the communications interface module is to send the request message within a predetermined time interval before the event time.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the communications interface module is to send the event object to the remote device, the remote device to obtain the desired status information from a further remote device.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the event object includes a location of the event.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the desired status information indicator specifies traffic conditions and/or weather data associated with the location.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the desired status information indicator specifies scheduling information of a transportation event.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the event object further comprises an indicator of a remote resource to provide the desired status information.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the desired status information is associated with the event.

13. A method, comprising:

creating an event object corresponding to an event, the event object comprising a desired status information indicator; and

receiving desired status information from a remote device, wherein the desired status information is based on the desired status information indicator.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

notifying a local user based on the received status information.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

modifying a calendar entry based on the user notification.

16. The method of claim 15,

wherein the calendar entry has one or more remote user participants;

wherein the method further comprises sending the modified calendar entry to the one or more remote user participants.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

sending a request to the remote device for the desired status information.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

sending the event object to the remote device, the remote device to obtain the desired status information from a further remote device.

19. A system, comprising:

a server; and

a user device having an event management module and a communications interface module;

wherein the event management module is to create an event object corresponding to an event, the event object comprising a desired status information indicator; and

wherein the communications interface module is to receive desired status information from the server, the desired status information based on the desired status information indicator.

20. An article comprising a computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that if executed enable a system to:

create an event object corresponding to an event, the event object comprising a desired status information indicator; and

receive the desired status information from a remote device, wherein desired status information is based on the desired status information indicator.