SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSIGNING TAGS IN A CALENDAR

• US 20130218888A1
• Filed: 02/21/2012
• Published: 08/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Inventors: SELIGMANN, Doree Duncan
• Application Number:
  US13/401,109
• Publication Number:
  US 20130218888A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/736
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/20 of structured data, e.g. relational data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for assigning tags in a calendar. These tags can be hashtags, metadata, or other markings used to identify or classify an item. These tags are received and associated with an event, which can be a previous, present, or future event. A calendar is identified based on the tag and the event. In certain instances this identification lends to a work calendar, whereas in other instances the identification lends to a personal calendar, a community calendar, a shared calendar, or a public calendar. Upon identifying the calendar, the tag is inserted into the identified calendar, and associated with a calendar entry in the calendar, the calendar entry being associated with the event.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a time and from a first user, a social media tag associated with an event;

identifying a calendar of a second user, who is a social media connection of the first user, based on the social media tag and the event;

inserting, via a processor, the social media tag into the calendar; and

associating the social media tag with a calendar entry in the calendar, wherein the calendar entry is associated with the event and created prior to the time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the social media tag comprises a hashtag.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the social media tag comprises at least one of a text, a URL, a contact, and a picture.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising analyzing a plurality of tags to determine the social media tag.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the plurality of tags are received from an online resource which lists at least one of a pattern of tags and a trend of tags.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the social media tag is received from a social media server.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the social media server is a microblog social media server.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the social media tag is created by a user associated with the calendar.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the social media tag is created by an individual not associated with the calendar.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the calendar is one of a plurality of calendars associated with a user.

11. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage device storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving, at a time and from a first user, a social media tag associated with an event;

identifying a calendar of a second user, who is a social media connection of the first user, based on the social media tag and the event;

inserting the social media tag into the calendar; and

associating the social media tag with a calendar entry in the calendar, wherein the calendar entry is associated with the event and created prior to the time.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the social media tag comprises a hashtag.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the social media tag comprises at least one of a text, a URL, a contact, and a picture.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the computer-readable storage device stores further instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a further operation comprising analyzing a plurality of tags to determine the social media tag.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the plurality of tags are received from an online resource which lists at least one of a pattern of tags and a trend of tags.

16. A computer-readable storage device storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving, at a time and from a first user, a social media tag associated with an event;

identifying a calendar of a second user, who is a social media connection of the first user, based on the social media tag and the event;

inserting the social media tag into the calendar; and

associating the social media tag with a calendar entry in the calendar, wherein the calendar entry is associated with the event, and created prior to the time.

17. The computer-readable storage device of claim 16, wherein the social media tag is received from a social media server.

18. The computer-readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the social media server is a microblog social media server.

19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 16, wherein the social media tag is created by a user associated with the calendar.

20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 16, wherein the social media tag is created by an individual not associated with the calendar.