SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING CALENDAR EVENTS

• US 20090319607A1
• Filed: 06/20/2008
• Published: 12/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: BELZ, STEVEN M., Pratt, James, Sullivan, Marc
• Granted Patent: US 8,359,356 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/16 Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/163 Interprocessor communication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/178 Techniques for file synchronisation in file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users

Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a presence system having a controller to transmit to a calendar system presence information of a subscriber of the presence system for recording said presence information in a calendar event. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions for:

submitting a calendar event invitation;

recording a calendar event associated with the calendar event invitation and when known an indication that one or more participants have accepted the calendar event invitation;

receiving presence information from the one or more participants; and

recording the presence information in the recorded calendar event.

2. The storage medium of claim 1, comprising computer instructions for presenting the presence information in the recorded calendar event.

3. The storage medium of claim 2, comprising computer instructions for updating the presence information recorded in the calendar event responsive to detecting a change in subsequent receptions of presence information of at least one of the one or more participants.

4. The storage medium of claim 1, wherein the presence information comprises at least one of an availability to communicate with one or more communication devices of each of the one or more participants, an indication of one or more activities taking place at the one or more communication devices of each of the one or more participants, a likelihood of communicating with the one or more participants by way of their corresponding one or more communication devices, a location of the one or more participants, and an expected time for each of the one or more participants to arrive at a desired location.

5. The storage medium of claim 1, wherein the presence information of each of the one or more participants is received for a limited duration.

6. The storage medium of claim 5, wherein the limited duration begins at a first time before or after a commencement of the calendar event, and ends at a second time before or after a conclusion of the calendar event.

7. The storage medium of claim 1, wherein the presence information is supplied by one or more presence systems for which each of the one or more participants is a subscriber.

8. The storage medium of claim 1, wherein the calendar event invitation is initiated by a submitter, wherein the storage medium comprises computer instructions for directing a presence system for which the submitter is a subscriber to transmit presence information associated with the submitter to a calendar system of at least one of the one or more participants.

9. The storage medium of claim 8, comprising computer instructions for directing the presence system to limit a duration of transmissions of presence information to the calendar system of the at least one participant.

10. The storage medium of claim 1, comprising computer instructions for transmitting to the one or more participants a request for presence information.

11. The storage medium of claim 10, comprising computer instructions for:

receiving from the one or more participants an acceptance of the request; and

recording the acceptance in the calendar event.

12. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions for:

receiving a calendar event invitation from a calendar system;

enabling presence information sharing of a user targeted by the calendar event invitation; and

transmitting to the calendar system an acceptance of the calendar event invitation and an indication that presence information sharing has been enabled.

13. The storage medium of claim 12, comprising computer instructions for:

transmitting to the calendar system a presence system identifier associated with a presence system that monitors the user; and

directing the presence system to enable presence information sharing with the calendar system.

14. The storage medium of claim 12, wherein the presence information comprises at least one of an availability to communicate with one or more communication devices of the user, an indication of one or more activities taking place at the one or more communication devices of the user, a likelihood of communicating with the user by way of at least one of the one or more communication devices, a location of the user, and an expected time for the user to arrive at a desired location.

15. The storage medium of claim 12, comprising computer instructions for limiting a duration for sharing presence information of the user with the calendar system.

16. The storage medium of claim 12, comprising computer instructions for enabling presence information sharing with the calendar system responsive to receiving a request from the calendar system.

17. The storage medium of claim 12, comprising computer instructions for enabling presence information sharing with the calendar system responsive to detecting a pattern of behavior of the user.

18. The storage medium of claim 17, wherein the pattern corresponds to at least one of a prior sharing of presence information of the user with the calendar system, a preference setting established by the user, and a profile of the user.

19. The storage medium of claim 12, comprising computer instructions for:

recording the calendar event;

submitting a request to receive presence information associated with a party that initiated the calendar event invitation;

receiving the requested presence information of the party; and

recording the requested presence information in the calendar event.

20. The storage medium of claim 19, comprising computer instructions for updating the presence information recorded in the calendar event responsive to detecting a change in subsequent receptions of presence information associated with the party.

21. A method, comprising recording a calendar event with presence information of one or more participants identified by the calendar event.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the presence information comprises at least one of an availability to communicate with one or more communication devices of each of the one or more participants, an indication of one or more activities taking place at the one or more communication devices of each of the one or more participants, a likelihood of communicating with the one or more participants by way of their corresponding one or more communication devices, a location of the one or more participants, and an expected time for each of the one or more participants to arrive at a desired location.

23. A presence system, comprising a controller to transmit to a calendar system presence information of a subscriber of the presence system for recording said presence information in a calendar event.

24. The presence system of claim 23, wherein the presence information comprises at least one of an availability to communicate with one or more communication devices of the subscriber, an indication of one or more activities taking place at the one or more communication devices of the subscriber, a likelihood of communicating with the subscriber by way of at least one of the one or more communication devices, a location of the subscriber, and an expected time for the subscriber to arrive at a desired location.

25. The presence system of claim 23, wherein the presence information is shared with the calendar system for a duration specified by the subscriber, and wherein the controller is adapted to transmit the presence information to the calendar system responsive to receiving a request from the calendar system.