DISPLAYING A PLURALITY OF CALENDAR ENTRIES

• US 20120290956A1
• Filed: 05/10/2011
• Published: 11/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Lance, John Morgan, Maher, Deborah E.
• Granted Patent: US 9,324,060 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment

Abstract

Displaying multiple calendar entries includes dividing the calendar entries into multiple different priority levels in a computerized calendaring system implemented by at least one processor; displaying at least some of the calendar entries in each priority level in a separate strip associated with that priority level in a user interface of the computerized calendaring system; and advancing a position of each displayed calendar entry in each strip with the computerized calendaring system to reflect the passage of time.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a plurality of calendar entries, comprising:

dividing said calendar entries into a plurality of different priority levels in a computerized calendaring system implemented by at least one processor;

displaying at least some of the calendar entries of each said priority level in a separate strip associated with that priority level in a user interface of said computerized calendaring system; and

advancing a position of each displayed calendar entry in each said strip with said computerized calendaring system to reflect the passage of time.

2. The method of claim 1, in which advancing said position of each displayed calendar entry in each strip to reflect the passage of time comprises:

moving a first of said calendar entries out of a field of view of said strip corresponding to said priority level of said first of said calendar entries in response to a scheduled time of said first of said calendar entries occurring in the past.

3. The method of claim 2, in which advancing said position of each displayed calendar entry in each strip to reflect the passage of time comprises:

moving a second of said calendar entries having said priority level of said first of said calendar entries into said field of view of said strip corresponding to said priority level of said first of said calendar entries in response to said first of said calendar entries being moved out of said field of view.

4. The method of claim 1, in which advancing said position of each displayed calendar entry in each strip to reflect the passage of time comprises:

advancing said calendar entries displayed in each said strip independently of calendar entry advancement within any other said strip.

5. The method of claim 1, in which displaying at least some of the calendar entries in each said priority level in a separate strip of said user interface comprises:

for at least one of said displayed calendar entries, displaying a shortcut to a file separate from and related to said at least one of said displayed calendar entries.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a persistent indication of unscheduled time in a separate strip of said user interface.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a current date and time in said user interface.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying in said user interface, for each said priority level, a separate strip comprising calendar entries of that priority level which have no scheduled deadline.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying in said user interface a separate strip comprising an indication of at least one prompted action for a user with respect to an existing or proposed calendar entry.

10. The method of claim 1, in which a size of each said displayed calendar entry in said user interface is dependent on said priority level of said displayed calendar entry.

11. The method of claim 1, in which said calendar entries are divided into said plurality of different priority levels based on input from a user.

12. The method of claim 1, in which said calendar entries are divided into said plurality of different priority levels automatically based on at least one predefined rule.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising allowing a user to filter said calendar entries based on at least one parameter selected by said user.

14. A method of displaying a plurality of calendar entries, comprising:

dividing said calendar entries into a plurality of groups in a computerized calendaring system implemented by at least one processor, each said group being associated with a different priority level;

for each group, displaying a portion of the calendar entries of that group in a separate strip of a user interface of said computerized calendaring system according to a chronological order; and

controlling said user interface of said computerized calendaring system to cause each said strip to independently scroll through a display of the calendar entries of said group associated with said strip according to the chronological order for that group and the passage of time.

15. The method of claim 14, in which causing each said strip to independently scroll through a display of the calendar entries of said group associated with said strip comprises:

moving a first of said calendar entries out of a field of view of said strip in response to a scheduled time of said first of said calendar entries occurring in the past.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising displaying a persistent indication of unscheduled time in a separate strip of said user interface.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising displaying in said user interface, for each said priority level, a separate strip comprising calendar entries of that priority level which have no scheduled deadline.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising displaying in said user interface a separate strip comprising an indication of prompted action for a user with respect to an existing or proposed calendar entry.

19. The method of claim 14, in which said calendar entries are divided into said plurality of groups automatically based on at least one predefined rule.

20. The method of claim 14, further comprising allowing a user to filter said calendar entries based on at least one parameter selected by said user.

21. A computerized calendar system, comprising:

a processor communicatively coupled to a memory, said memory comprising executable code stored thereon that, when executed by said processor, causes said processor to;

divide a plurality of calendar entries into a plurality of different priority levels;

cause at least some of the calendar entries in each said priority level to be displayed in a separate strip associated with that priority level in a user interface; and

cause a position of each displayed calendar entry in each said strip to be advanced to reflect the passage of time.

22. The system of claim 21, said executable code further causing said processor to display a persistent indication of unscheduled time in a separate strip of said user interface.

23. The system of claim 21, in which advancing said position of each displayed calendar entry in each strip to reflect the passage of time comprises:

advancing said calendar entries displayed in each said strip independently of calendar entry advancement within any other said strip.

24. The system of claim 21, said executable code further causing said processor to display in said user interface, for each said priority level, a separate strip comprising calendar entries of that priority level which have no scheduled deadline.

25. A computer program product for displaying a plurality of calendar entries, the computer program product comprising:

a tangible computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to divide said calendar entries into a plurality of different priority levels;

computer readable program code configured to display at least some of the calendar entries in each said priority level in a separate strip associated with that priority level in a user interface; and

computer readable program code configured to advance a position of each displayed calendar entry in each said strip to reflect the passage of time.