METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND VIEWING OF CALENDAR EVENT INFORMATION

• US 20150143303A1
• Filed: 04/26/2012
• Published: 05/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Sarrazin, Jacou, Belitsky, Vitaliy Igorevych
• Granted Patent: US 9,864,483 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/854
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment

Abstract

The present document describes methods and apparatuses for managing and viewing calendar event items in an electronic calendaring application. For example, calendar event items may be viewed in an “agenda” view. A calendar event item may have a date and include any information relating to a corresponding calendar event. According to some example embodiments, a list of calendar event items and a list of dates are each displayed in a navigable format. The list of dates may include at least dates in a date range defined by the dates of the calendar event items. A navigation position of the list of calendar event items and a navigation position of the list of dates may be coordinated.

Claims

1. A method implemented by a processor comprising:

displaying a list of calendar event items in a navigable format such that, at least a portion of the list of calendar event items is displayed as a function of a navigation position of the list of calendar event items, each calendar event item having a date;

displaying a list of dates in a navigable format such that at least a portion of the list of dates and a date marker drawing attention to one of the dates in the at least a portion of the list of dates are displayed as a function of a navigation position of the list of dates, the list of dates including at least dates in a date range defined by the dates of the calendar event items;

coordinating the navigation position of the list of calendar event items and the navigation position of the list of dates by;

adjusting the navigation position of the list of calendar event items responsive to navigating the list of dates; and

adjusting the navigation position of the list of dates responsive to navigating the list of calendar event items.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

from calendar data comprising, for each of at least one calendar events, respective data items, generating at least one of;

the list of calendar event items, each calendar event item corresponding to a respective one of said at least one calendar event; and

the list of dates.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein navigating the list of calendar event items comprises at least one of scrolling the list of calendar event items and swiping the list of calendar event items.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein navigating the list of dates comprises at least one of scrolling the list of dates and swiping the list of dates.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein each calendar event item in the displayed at least a portion of the list of calendar event items has a same date.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein coordinating the navigation position of the list of calendar event items and the navigation position of the list of dates comprises coordinating the navigation position of the list of calendar event items and the navigation position of the list of dates such that the date designated by the date marker is an earliest one of the dates of calendar event items in the displayed at least a portion of the list of calendar event items.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the list of dates in a navigable format comprises displaying the at least a portion of the list of dates above the displayed at least a portion of the list of calendar event items.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising, if the navigation position of the list of calendar event items exceeds a threshold position for the list of calendar event items, generating at least one additional calendar event item from the calendar data and adding the additional at least one calendar event item to the list of calendar event items.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising adjusting the threshold position of the list of calendar event items.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising, if the navigation position of the list of dates exceeds a threshold position for the list of dates, generating at least one additional calendar event item from the calendar data and adding the additional at least one calendar event item to the list of calendar event items.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising adjusting the threshold position of the list of dates.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising adding at least one date to the list of dates as a function of the additional at least one calendar event item.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising, for each date in the displayed at least a portion of the list of dates, displaying a visual indicator as a function of the calendar data,

the calendar data further comprising, for each of the at least one calendar event, a respective data item indicating a total time occupied by the event.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the visual indicator comprises, for each date, at least one of:

a respective font setting of a respective numerical day, the font setting being determined as a function of the calendar data; and

an animation.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the navigation position of the list of dates responsive to navigating the list of calendar event items comprises displaying an animation of a transition of the displayed at least a portion of the list of dates from a pre-adjusted state to a post-adjusted state.

16. An apparatus comprising:

a display;

an input device;

a processor configured to control the display to display;

a list of calendar event items in a navigable format such that, at least a portion of the list of calendar event items is displayed as a function of a navigation position of the list of calendar event items, each calendar event item having a date; and

a list of dates in a navigable format such that at least a portion of the list of dates and a date marker drawing attention to one of the dates in the at least a portion of the list of dates are displayed as a function of a navigation position of the list of dates, the list of dates including at least dates in a date range defined by the dates of the calendar event items; and

the processor further configured to coordinate the navigation position of the list of calendar event items and the navigation position of the list of dates by;

adjusting the navigation position of the list of calendar event items responsive to navigating the list of dates; and

adjusting the navigation position of the list of dates responsive to navigating the list of calendar event items.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising the processor configured to generate, from calendar data comprising respective data items for each of at least one calendar events, at least one of:

the list of calendar event items, each calendar event item corresponding to a respective one of said at least one calendar event; and

the list of dates.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the processor coordinates the navigation position of the list of calendar event items and the navigation position of the list of dates such that the date designated by the date marker is an earliest one of the dates of calendar event items in the displayed at least a portion of the list of calendar event items.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the navigable format of the list of dates is at least one of a scrolling format and a swiping format.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the navigable format of the list of calendar event items is at least one of a scrolling format and a swiping format.

21. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising the processor further configured to generate an animation of a transition of the displayed at least a portion of the list of dates from a pre-adjusted state to a post-adjusted state.

22. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein, if the navigation position of the list of calendar event items exceeds a threshold position for the list of calendar event items, the list generator generates at least one additional calendar event item from the calendar data and adds the additional at least one calendar event item to the list of calendar event items.

23. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein, if the navigation position of the list of dates exceeds a threshold position for the list of dates, the list generator generates at least one additional calendar event item from the calendar data and adds the additional at least one calendar event item to the list of calendar event items.

24. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising a processor configured to, for each date in the displayed at least a portion of the list of dates, generate a visual indicator as a function of calendar data, the calendar data comprising, for each of at least one calendar event:

at least respective data items indicating a date for the calendar event and a total time occupied by the event.

25. An apparatus comprising:

a display;

an input device;

a processor; and

a memory having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to implement a method comprising;

displaying a list of calendar event items in a navigable format such that, at least a portion of the list of calendar event items is displayed as a function of a navigation position of the list of calendar event items, each calendar event item having a date;

displaying a list of dates in a navigable format such that at least a portion of the list of dates and a date marker drawing attention to one of the dates in the at least a portion of the list of dates are displayed as a function of a navigation position of the list of dates, the list of dates including at least dates in a date range defined by the dates of the calendar event items;

coordinating the navigation position of the list of calendar event items and the navigation position of the list of dates by;

adjusting the navigation position of the list of calendar event items responsive to navigating the list of dates; and

adjusting the navigation position of the list of dates responsive to navigating the list of calendar event items.