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Distributed document-based calendaring system

  • US 6,675,356 B1
  • Filed: 12/22/1998
  • Issued: 01/06/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for manipulating and managing a calendar based on information contained in at least one source document, comprising:

  • receiving data representative of at least a portion of not less than one source document;

    receiving guidance representative of the genre of the not less than one received source document;

    selecting an input specification based on said genre of the not less than one received source document;

    using said input specification to guide identification of data of interest in the not less than one received source document;

    extracting said identified data of interest from the not less than one received source document;

    merging said extracted identified data of interest into a distributed genre, said distributed genre including specification of source document input genres, specification of output genres, identified pieces of data of interest still resident in source documents, mapping of data of interest between the source documents and at least one output document, an explanation of social context, and a computational engine;

    selecting an output specification, wherein said output specification identifies a selected output genre; and

    creating at least one output document in said selected output genre, wherein said output document is created from said extracted identified data of interest merged within said distributed genre.

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