CALENDAR INTERFACE FOR DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS

• US 20120042014A1
• Filed: 10/18/2011
• Published: 02/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: VL Collective IP, LLC (VideoLabs, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Desai, Snehal, Jachner, Jack, Suhail, Atiya, Rao, Kashipati G.
• Granted Patent: US 8,364,760 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs

Abstract

Information from communications is displayed in a calendar format. Text from the communications is used to determine whether a scheduling entry should be created. If so, text from the communication is used to create a proposed calendar or to-do list entry, which can be saved, modified or canceled by the user. Information from a call log can be filtered and displayed in a calendar format.

Claims

1. A method of generating entries for a calendar-centric information organizer on a processing device, comprising the steps of:

receiving a plurality of communications by the processing device, wherein the plurality of communications include the following types of communications;

voice communication, text message and email;

converting each of the plurality of communications into a predetermined format;

parsing text from each of the plurality of communications received by the processing device;

determining whether the text from any of the plurality of communications relates to an event by analyzing the text of each of the plurality of communications for key words commonly used to refer to an event;

when the text of one of the plurality of communications includes the key words, determining whether the text of the one of the plurality of communications provides information needed to create an entry for the event; and

responsive to determining information needed to create an entry for a scheduling event, automatically creating an entry for the scheduling program including information derived from the text of the one of the plurality of communications.