CALENDAR REPAIR ASSISTANT

• US 20160078412A1
• Filed: 11/23/2015
• Published: 03/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Leibmann, Matthias, Mendes, Roberto Ribeiro Da Fonseca, Tischhauser, Paul David, FELIBERTI, VANESSA C., DON, CLIFF M., Ghyara, Firdosh R., HAKAMI, SINA
• Granted Patent: US 10,176,462 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/20 of structured data, e.g. relational data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/23 Updating
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/235 Update request formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2358 Change logging, detection, and notification replication G06F16/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2379 Updates performed during online database operations; commit processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/25 Integrating or interfacing systems involving database management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/275 Synchronous replication
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment

Abstract

Calendar repair may be provided. Calendar events, such as appointments and meetings, may be created and copied to a plurality of attendee calendars. A first copy of the event may be compared to a second copy of the event, and an event property of the second event may be updated to match a corresponding event property of the first event.

Claims

1. A method for providing calendar repair, the method comprising:

creating a calendar event that is associated with an organizer and a plurality of attendees, the calendar event including event properties comprising details about an event;

storing the calendar event on a first calendar that is associated with the organizer;

copying the calendar event to a plurality of other calendars that are associated with the plurality of attendees;

performing a comparison of the calendar event on the first calendar with the calendar events on the plurality of other calendars for locating differing calendar events, wherein the performing the comparison includes determining whether the event properties listed in each of the calendar events differs; and

in response to locating the differing calendar events, updating the differing calendar events.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein updating the differing calendar events includes updating the event properties listed in the differing calendar events.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising determining whether a majority of the calendar events agree on the event properties listed in the calendar events, and wherein updating the differing calendar events includes updating the differing calendar events with the event properties for the majority of the calendar events.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein updating the differing calendar events includes updating the differing calendar events with the calendar event on the first calendar that is associated with the organizer.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein if the differing calendar events only includes the calendar event on the first calendar, updating the calendar event on the first calendar with the calendar event on the plurality of other calendars.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a master copy of the calendar event on a server separate from the first calendar and the plurality of other calendars.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein updating the differing calendar events includes updating the differing calendar events with the master copy of the calendar event on the server.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the calendar event includes additional information that one of the organizer or a particular attendee designated as private, wherein the additional information being only viewable by the organizer or the particular attendee that designated the additional information as private.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein performing the comparison of the calendar event on the first calendar with the calendar events on the plurality of other calendars for locating the differing calendar events excludes the additional information that the organizer or a particular attendee designates as private.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the differing calendar events includes the calendar event being absent from a calendar for a particular attendee.

11. A system for providing calendar repair, the system comprising:

a memory storage; and

a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operative to;

create a calendar event that is associated with an organizer and a plurality of attendees, the calendar event including event properties comprising details about an event;

store the calendar event on a first calendar that is associated with the organizer;

copy the calendar event to a plurality of other calendars that are associated with the plurality of attendees;

perform a comparison of the calendar event on the first calendar with the calendar events on the plurality of other calendars for locating differing calendar events, wherein performing the comparison includes determining whether the event properties listed in each of the calendar events differs; and

in response to locating the differing calendar events, update the event properties listed in the differing calendar events.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising the processing unit is operative to:

determine whether a majority of the calendar events agree on the event properties listed in the calendar events; and

wherein updating the differing calendar events includes updating the event properties listed in the differing calendar events with the event properties for the majority of the calendar events.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein updating the event properties listed in the differing calendar events includes updating the event properties listed in the differing calendar events with the event properties listed in the calendar event on the first calendar that is associated with the organizer.

14. The system of claim 11, further comprising the processing unit is operative to:

store a master copy of the calendar event on a server separate from the first calendar and the plurality of other calendars; and

wherein updating the event properties listed in the differing calendar events includes updating the event properties listed in the differing calendar events with the event properties listed in the master copy of the calendar event on the server.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the calendar event includes additional information that one of the organizer or a particular attendee designated as private, wherein the additional information being only viewable by the organizer or the particular attendee that designated the additional information as private.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein performing the comparison of the calendar event on the first calendar with the calendar events on the plurality of other calendars for locating the differing calendar events excludes the additional information that the organizer or a particular attendee designates as private.

17. A computer-readable storage device which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method for providing calendar repair, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:

creating a calendar event that is associated with an organizer and a plurality of attendees, the calendar event including event properties comprising details about an event;

storing the calendar event on a first calendar that is associated with the organizer;

copying the calendar event to a plurality of other calendars that are associated with the plurality of attendees;

performing a comparison of the calendar event on the first calendar with the calendar events on the plurality of other calendars for locating differing calendar events, wherein the performing the comparison includes determining whether the event properties listed in each of the calendar events differs; and

in response to locating the differing calendar events, updating the differing calendar events.

18. The computer-readable storage device of claim 17, further comprising determining whether a majority of the calendar events agree on the event properties listed in the calendar events, and wherein updating the differing calendar events includes updating the event properties listed in the differing calendar events with the event properties for the majority of the calendar events.

19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the calendar event includes additional information that one of the organizer or a particular attendee designated as private, wherein the additional information being only viewable by the organizer or the particular attendee that designated the additional information as private.

20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 17, wherein performing the comparison of the calendar event on the first calendar with the calendar events on the plurality of other calendars for locating the differing calendar events excludes any additional information that the organizer or a particular attendee designates as private.