System and method for creating an electronic-calendar entry

• US 8,370,763 B1
• Filed: 10/31/2001
• Issued: 02/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Moore, Darryl Cynthia, Silver, Edward Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Huynh, Ba
• Application Number:
  US10/001,638
• Time in Patent Office: 4,115 Days
• Field of Search: 345/963, 345/751, 345/752, 345/753, 345/754, 345/769, 345/776, 345/779, 345/780, 345/808, 345/809, 715/752, 715/769, 715/770, 715/776, 715/748, 715/749, 715/767, 715802-805, 715823-825, 707/613, 707/618, 707/626
• US Class Current: 715/776
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars

Abstract

A method and system for creating an electronic-calendar entry from a note-entry application is described. The note-entry application includes a function to create the calendar entry directly in a calendar application. The system may include an interface to allow the user to modify and confirm the calendar entry before its creation.

Claims

1. A method for recording a calendar entry comprising:

displaying a calendar graphical user interface associated with an electronic calendar application in a window on a display screen;

receiving a command from a user to activate a note entry software application;

separately displaying a note entry graphical user interface in another window on the display screen in response to the user'"'"'s command, the note entry graphical user interface associated with the note entry software application and the note entry graphical user interface consisting of a text field, a date field, and a graphical control;

receiving manually typed text in the text field of the note entry graphical user interface;

receiving a date and time that the user has manually typed into the date field of the note entry graphical user interface;

receiving a single selection of the graphical control;

setting a comment property equal to the manually typed text in the text field of the note entry graphical user interface;

setting a begindate property equal to the date and time in the date field of the note entry graphical user interface;

executing object-oriented programming that creates the calendar entry from the comment property and the begindate property; and

storing the calendar entry in the electronic calendar application at the date and time in response to the single selection of the graphical control.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising saving the calendar entry as a file in the memory.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising extracting an address from the text field.

4. A system comprising:

a processor;

memory; and

a software application stored in the memory that when executed causes the processor at least to;

display a calendar graphical user interface associated with an electronic calendar application in a window on a display screen;

receive a command from a user of the system to activate a note entry software application;

separately display a note entry graphical user interface in another window on the display screen in response to the user'"'"'s command, the note entry graphical user interface associated with the note entry software application and the note entry graphical user interface consisting of a text field, a date field, and a graphical control;

receive manually typed text in the text field of the note entry graphical user interface;

receive a date and time that the user has manually typed into the date field of the note entry graphical user interface;

receive a single selection from the user of the graphical control;

set a comment property equal to the manually typed text in the text field of the note entry graphical user interface;

set a begindate property equal to the date and time in the date field of the note entry graphical user interface;

execute object-oriented programming that creates the calendar entry from the comment property and the begindate property; and

store the calendar entry in the electronic calendar application at the date and time.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the software application further causes the processor to save the calendar entry as a file in the memory.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the software application further causes display of a taskbar tray icon in the form of a miniature sticky note.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium on which is encoded computer program code for performing a method, comprising:

displaying a calendar graphical user interface associated with an electronic calendar application in a window on a display screen;

receiving a command from a user of the calendar graphical user interface to activate a note entry software application;

separately displaying a note entry graphical user interface in another window on the display screen in response to the user'"'"'s command, the note entry graphical user interface associated with the note entry software application and consisting of a text field, a date field, and a graphical control;

receiving manually typed text in the text field of the note entry graphical user interface;

receiving a date and time that the user has manually typed into the date field of the note entry graphical user interface;

receiving a single selection from the user of the graphical control;

setting a comment property equal to the manually typed text in the text field of the note entry graphical user interface;

setting a begindate property equal to the date and time in the date field of the note entry graphical user interface;

executing object-oriented programming that creates the calendar entry from the comment property and the begindate property; and

storing the calendar entry in the electronic calendar application at the date and time.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 7, further comprising program code for saving the calendar entry as a file in the memory.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 7, further comprising program code for extracting an address from the text field.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising program code for creating a file in a standard format.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising program code for spellchecking the manually typed text in the text field.