METHOD FOR USING AN ELECTRONIC CALENDAR AND A HANDHELD MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME

• US 20130227432A1
• Filed: 01/24/2013
• Published: 08/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Lin, Yi-Shan
• Application Number:
  US13/748,606
• Publication Number:
  US 20130227432A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/28 Services making use of subscriber schedule information

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a calendar application or widget for use on a handheld electronic mobile device. This calendar application is able to post birthday greets on a web page of a social network without having to launch the application of the social network. The calendar application is able to synchronize with external data storages from the cloud storage. Upon synchronizing the data, a user is able to obtain information regarding events and be reminded by the event. When a reminder is triggered, a user is able to respond by sending greetings to personal contacts or to invite contacts to the event, and the response can be synchronized with external servers.

Claims

1. A method of using an electronic calendar in a handheld mobile device, the method comprising:

synchronizing the electronic calendar with an external data storage to generate a first synchronized data;

generating automatically a first event according to the first synchronized data;

entering a first response based on the first event;

transmitting the first response; and

synchronizing the first response with the external data storage.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

displaying the first response on a social networking website without launching the social networking website.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

creating an invitational list for the first event; and

synchronizing the invitational list with the external data storage.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising:

transmitting the first response to members on the invitation list.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein transmitting the first response to members on the invitation list comprising:

transmitting a text message, an email, a video, or a file attachment to each member of the invitation list.

6. The method of claim 3 further comprising:

synchronizing automatically the first event on a website with invited guests from the invitation list without launching the website.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

setting a reminder message to be triggered before a predetermined time period of the first event; and

triggering the reminder message before the predetermined time period of the first event.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

selecting and dropping the electronic calendar on a home screen of the handheld mobile device; and

displaying the electronic calendar as a widget on the home screen.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein the first response is a birthday greeting.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the first synchronized data with the external data storage comprises data from a web based social networking website, from a messenger service, from an email server, or from a calendar server.

11. A handheld mobile electronic device, comprising:

a communication unit for synchronizing the electronic calendar with an external data storage to generate a first synchronized data;

a storage unit for storing the first synchronized data;

an input unit;

for inputting a first response based on the first synchronized data;

a processor connected to the communication unit, to the storage unit, and to the input unit and configured for automatically generating a first event based on the first synchronized data;

for transmitting the first response through the communication unit, and for synchronizing the first response with the external data storage through the communication unit.

12. The handheld mobile electronic device of claim 11, wherein the communication unit is further configured for transmitting the first response to be displayed on a social networking website without launching the social networking website.

13. The handheld mobile electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured for synchronizing through the communication unit an invitational list created for the first event with the external data storage.

14. The handheld mobile electronic device of claim 13, wherein the communication unit is further configured for transmitting the first response to members on the invitation list.

15. The handheld mobile electronic device of claim 14, wherein the first response comprises a phone call, a text message, an email, a video, or a file attachment.

16. The handheld mobile electronic device of claim 11, wherein the communication unit is further configured for transmitting the first event and the invitational list to be generated as a social event with a invited guest list on a website without launching the website.

17. The handheld mobile electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured for setting a reminder message to be triggered before a predetermined time period of the first event, and triggering the reminder message before the predetermined time period of the first event.

18. The handheld mobile electronic device of claim 11 further comprising:

a display unit for displaying the electronic calendar as a widget on the home screen when the electronic calendar is selected and dropped on the home screen of the handheld electronic mobile device.

19. The handheld mobile electronic device of claim 12, wherein the first response is a birthday greeting.

20. The handheld mobile electronic device of claim 11 wherein the communication device is further configured for synchronizing with the external data storage from a web based social networking website, from a messenger service, from an email server, or from a calendar server.