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Personal information manager information entry allowing for intermingling of items belonging to different categories within a single unified view

  • US 5,873,108 A
  • Filed: 10/19/1996
  • Issued: 02/16/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A user interface method for an electronic daily planner/organizer in which a user classifies an information item into a category selected from a group of categories of information consisting of appointments, expense items, log items, to-do items and items of a user-definable type, and in which information items of different categories are entered line-upon-line, regardless of category, within a single unified view corresponding to a single day, the single unified view presenting a series of lines each having multiple data fields including a time data field, a tag data field and a text data field, wherein data entered within the text data field is not required to be of a predefined category, the method comprising the steps of:

  • a user classifying a first piece of information into one of the group of categories of information;

    within a line, entering for the first piece of information one of a plurality of tags corresponding to said one of the plurality of categories of information; and

    entering the first piece of information within the line;

    storing the tag for the first piece of information along with the first piece of information;

    the user classifying a second piece of information into one of the group of categories of information;

    within a subsequent line, entering for the second piece of information one of a plurality of tags corresponding to said one of the plurality of categories of information; and

    entering the second piece of information within the line;

    storing the tag for the second piece of information along with the second piece of information;

    wherein, when the user classifies the second piece of information into a same one of the plurality of categories of information as the first piece of information, the user enters a tag for the second piece of information that is the same as the tag for the first piece of information, an identical tag entry being used each time a piece of information of a particular category is entered;

    wherein, when the user classifies the second piece of information into a different one of the plurality of categories of information than the first piece of information, the user enters a tag for the second piece of information that is different than the tag for the first piece of information; and

    in response to a user query specifying one or more tags, retrieving like pieces of information based at least in part on said tags.

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