SCHEDULING AND VIEWING A CALENDER EVENT USING TIME ZONES BASED ON A USER'S LOCATION AT EVENT TIME

• US 20150199077A1
• Filed: 05/23/2013
• Published: 07/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Zger, Robin, GREENBLATT, Daniel Michael
• Application Number:
  US13/901,348
• Publication Number:
  US 20150199077A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

A system and method for changing event time zones in a calendar based on a user'"'"'s location are disclosed. A calendar system may receive information regarding a user'"'"'s location for a specified time zone. The calendar system may use this information for scheduling events for the specified time zone or for determining whether previously-scheduled events fall outside a preferred time period. Time zones and preferred time periods may be set by the user. The user may view the time zone changes as well as events in several different time zones. Other users may also view the time zone changes in a user'"'"'s calendar.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for displaying calendar events in multiple time zones comprising:

displaying one or more events in an electronic calendar for a current time period in a user'"'"'s first time zone; and

displaying events in the electronic calendar for a future time period in a second time zone different from the user'"'"'s current location without changing the user'"'"'s first time zone in the electronic calendar.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the future time period corresponds to a future scheduled trip in a time zone different from the user'"'"'s current location.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising automatically determining the second time zone.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising allowing a second end user to view the second time zone for the future time period.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising allowing an end user to set the second time zone for the future time period.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining if an existing event is outside a preferred time period in response to a change in the user'"'"'s time zone for the event'"'"'s time period.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising allowing a second end user to view the user'"'"'s time zone changes.

8. A computer-implemented method for changing a calendar'"'"'s time zone based on a user'"'"'s location comprising:

receiving a user'"'"'s future location information for a specified time period, the future location being in a different time zone from the user'"'"'s current location;

receiving a request from the user to create a calendar event during the specified time period;

creating the calendar event in the time zone associated with the user'"'"'s future location information for the specified time period; and

displaying the calendar event in the time zone associated with the user'"'"'s future location information for the specified time period.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising receiving the user'"'"'s future location information manually from the user.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising allowing other users to view the user'"'"'s time zone changes.

11. The method of claim 8 further comprising allowing the user to view the time zone changes.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising receiving the user'"'"'s future location information by:

harvesting information from the user'"'"'s email and

using the harvested data to determine the user'"'"'s location information for a future time period.

13. The method of claim 8 further comprising receiving the user'"'"'s future location information as a time zone manually from the user.

19. The method of claim 8 further comprising receiving the user'"'"'s specified location information as a time zone manually from the user.

14. A computer-implemented method changing a calendar'"'"'s time zone based on a user'"'"'s location comprising:

receiving a user'"'"'s location information for a specified time period which indicates a change in the user'"'"'s time zone for the specified time period;

finding all scheduled events for the specified time period;

determining if any of the events are outside a preferred time period based on the change in the user'"'"'s time zone; and

responsive to an event being outside the preferred time period, notifying the user of the event/time period conflict.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising receiving the user'"'"'s location information manually from the user.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising allowing other users to view the user'"'"'s time zone changes.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising allowing the user to view the time zone changes.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising receiving the user'"'"'s location information by:

harvesting information from the user'"'"'s email and

using the harvested data to determine the user'"'"'s location information for a specified time period.