Agenda display in an electronic device

• US 7,930,651 B2
• Filed: 01/18/2007
• Issued: 04/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Edwards, Robert, May, Darrell R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sax; Steven P
• Application Number:
  US11/624,269
• Publication Number:
  US 20080178100A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,552 Days
• Field of Search: 715/840, 715/802, 715/804, 715/805, 715821-824, 715841-844, 715810-817, 715/963, 715/968, 715/864, 715853-854, 715/705, 715/708, 715/712, 455/556.2, 455/566, 705/9, 705/7, 705/8, 709/206
• US Class Current: 715/864
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

A method of controlling an electronic device includes retrieving from at least one database of the electronic device, calendared events that meet a set of constraints, displaying the calendared events in a time-ordered list including a start date/time of each of the calendared events, and providing a user-selectable option to either show end times or to hide the end times in the time-ordered list. The time-ordered list includes an end date/time of each of the calendared events when the user-selectable option is set to show end times.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a display of a portable electronic device, the method comprising:

retrieving from at least one database of said portable electronic device, calendared events that meet a set of constraints;

displaying on said display a first agenda view of a first set of said calendared events in a first time-ordered list;

said first time-ordered list including a start date/time of each of said calendared events and omitting any reference to an end date/time of each said calendared events;

providing a user-selectable option to either show end times or to hide said end times in said time-ordered list;

receiving a first input data representative of a selection of said user-selectable option;

receiving a second input data representative of an exit command, responsive to said second input, incorporating an end date/time for each of said calendared events when said first input data equals data representative of user-selectable option is set to show end times; and

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displaying on said display a second agenda view in a second time-ordered list;

said second time-ordered list including a start date/time and an end date/time for each of said calendared events;

wherein said first time-ordered list shows a greater number of said calendared events on said display than said second time-ordered list due to the omitting of any reference to said end date/time in said first time-ordered list.

2. The method according to claim 1, comprising determining free time periods absent of said calendared events prior to said displaying on said display said first agenda view and wherein said displaying on said display said first agenda view comprises displaying said calendar events and at least some of said free time periods in said first time-ordered list.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein said determining comprises determining for each of said free time periods, a start date/time and an end date/time.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein said determining comprises calculating a duration of each of said free time periods by subtracting said start date/time from said end date/time.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein when said first input data equals data representative of user-selectable option is set to hide end times, said displaying on said display a second agenda view comprises displaying said second time-ordered list including a start date/time and a duration of each of said free time periods when said user-selectable option is set to hide said end times.

6. The method according to claim 4, comprising comparing said duration of each of said free time periods to a minimum duration prior to said displaying, wherein said displaying on said display said first agenda view comprises displaying said calendared events and only those free time periods that are equal to or greater in duration than said minimum duration.

7. The method according to claim 4, wherein said start date/time of each said free time period is based on one of a configured start time of a calendar day, an end date/time of a non-conflicting calendared event and a latest end date/time of a set of conflicting calendared events.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein said end date/time of each said free time period is based on one of a configured end time of a calendar day, a start date/time of the next one of said non-conflicting calendared events and an earliest start date/time of a next set of conflicting calendared events.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein said displaying on said display said first agenda view comprises displaying said at least some of said free time periods with a user-selectable display attribute.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein said displaying on said display said first agenda view comprises displaying said at least some of said free time periods with a display attribute different from that of said calendared events.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein said determining free time periods comprises determining only those free time periods that are on or after the current date/time according to a clock at the portable electronic device.

12. A computer program product for displaying a plurality of calendared events in a list on a display of portable electronic device, said computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer-readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method of controlling said display, the method comprising:

retrieving from at least one database of said portable electronic device, calendared events that meet a set of constraints;

displaying on said display a first agenda view of a first set of said calendared events in a first time-ordered list;

said first time-ordered list including a start date/time of each of said calendared events and

omitting any reference to an end date/time of each said calendared events;

providing a user-selectable option to either show end times or to hide said end times in said time-ordered list;

receiving a first input data representative of a selection of said user-selectable option;

receiving a second input data representative of an exit command, responsive to said second input, incorporating an end date/time for each of said calendared events when said first input data equals data representative of user-selectable option is set to show end times; and

displaying on said display a second agenda view in a second time-ordered list;

said second time-ordered list including a start date/time and an end date/time for each of said calendared events;

wherein said first time-ordered list shows a greater number of said calendared events on said display than said second time-ordered list due to the omitting of any reference to said end date/time in said first time-ordered list.