METHOD FOR PERSONALIZING A CALENDAR BY COLLECTING WEB PAGE INFORMATION ACCORDING TO DATA ENTRIES IN THE CALENDAR

• US 20140040716A1
• Filed: 07/25/2013
• Published: 02/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fisher Lee
• Original Assignee: Fisher Lee
• Inventors: LIN, Han-Hong
• Application Number:
  US13/950,624
• Publication Number:
  US 20140040716A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06311 Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06314 Calendaring for a resource

Abstract

The present invention is to provide a method for personalizing a calendar by collecting web page information according to data entries in the calendar, which is applicable to a network system including a server and a terminal device connected to the server through the Internet and installed with calendar software. The method is designed that, after a user writes predetermined data entry into a calendar created by the calendar software and shown on the terminal device, the terminal device automatically collects web page information matching with the data entry from the Internet by way of the calendar software and the server. Once the web page information collected is properly sorted, the terminal device imbeds the web page information into the calendar or adds the web page information to the calendar as a plugin, thereby creating a personalized calendar which enables the user to obtain the desired information conveniently and rapidly.

Claims

1. A method for personalizing a calendar by collecting web page information according to data entries in the calendar, the method being applicable to a network system comprising a terminal device and a server, the terminal device being connectable to the server through the Internet and being installed with calendar software, the method comprising the steps, to be performed by the network system, of:

activating the calendar software and performing a login procedure, by the terminal device, in order for the terminal device to log in to a user account in the server through the calendar software and display a calendar interface;

receiving, by the terminal device, a data entry written into the calendar software via an input unit, wherein the data entry at least includes an event parameter and a date parameter;

transmitting the data entry to the server, by the terminal device;

selecting at least a search criterion according to the data entry and collecting, from the Internet according to the search criterion, web page information matching the search criterion and corresponding to a predetermined time interval in a vicinity of the date parameter, by the server,

generating a news link for each piece of the web page information and defining a plurality of information categories according to content of the web page information, by the server, such that each said news link corresponds to at least a said information category;

transmitting the news links to the terminal device, by the server; and

displaying the news links by the terminal device through the calendar software according to the information categories.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step, to be performed by the terminal device within an operation time, of recording, according to the information categories of the news links, the number of times for which each said information category has been read, in order for the terminal device to rearrange the news links according to the recorded number of times after the operation time ends.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the data entry further includes a time period parameter, and the terminal device will not display the news links through the calendar software unless the terminal device determines, upon receiving the news links, that a current date matches the time period parameter.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the terminal device imbeds the news links into the calendar interface.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the server stores a set of secondary data entries corresponding to the user account and transmits both the news links and the secondary data entries to the terminal device after generating the news links, and the terminal device displays the news links and the secondary data entries simultaneously.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the server stores a set of secondary data entries corresponding to the user account and transmits both the news links and the secondary data entries to the terminal device after generating the news links, and the terminal device displays the news links and the secondary data entries simultaneously.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the server stores a set of secondary data entries corresponding to the user account and transmits both the news links and the secondary data entries to the terminal device after generating the news links, and the terminal device displays the news links and the secondary data entries simultaneously.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein the server stores a set of secondary data entries corresponding to the user account and transmits both the news links and the secondary data entries to the terminal device after generating the news links, and the terminal device displays the news links and the secondary data entries simultaneously.

9. The method of claim 5, wherein the secondary data entries conform to Really Simple Syndication specifications.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the secondary data entries conform to Really Simple Syndication specifications.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the secondary data entries conform to Really Simple Syndication specifications.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the secondary data entries conform to Really Simple Syndication specifications.

13. The method of claim 5, further comprising the step, to be performed by the terminal device after activating the calendar software, of generating an input interface through the calendar software in order to receive the data entry from the input unit.

14. The method of claim 6, further comprising the step, to be performed by the terminal device after activating the calendar software, of generating an input interface through the calendar software in order to receive the data entry from the input unit.

15. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step, to be performed by the terminal device after activating the calendar software, of generating an input interface through the calendar software in order to receive the data entry from the input unit.

16. The method of claim 8, further comprising the step, to be performed by the terminal device after activating the calendar software, of generating an input interface through the calendar software in order to receive the data entry from the input unit.