Map association with calendar entry

• US 8,543,441 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2009
• Issued: 09/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Siegel, Laurence
• Primary Examiner(s): EPSTEIN, BRIAN M
• Application Number:
  US12/391,901
• Publication Number:
  US 20100214876A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,673 Days
• Field of Search: 705/9, 705/10, 705/30, 709/205, 709/206, 715/262
• US Class Current: 705/7.19
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

A map is associated with a calendar entry. An electronic calendar includes at least one calendar entry. The calendar entry includes at least one calendar entry location for indicating a geographic location of where the calendar entry is scheduled to occur. At least one option associated with the calendar entry is provided. In response to receiving a user selection of the option, a map associated with the calendar entry location is provided.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

maintaining, by a processor, a group listing of a plurality of contacts, wherein each of the plurality of contacts is designated as a member of a common group,

providing, by the processor, a graphical calendar interface box displaying an electronic group calendar whose accessibility is restricted to members of the common group, the electronic group calendar including a calendar entry including a scheduled date and time for the calendar entry, the calendar entry including a calendar entry location for indicating a geographic location of where the calendar entry is scheduled to occur, wherein the calendar entry is scheduled for each of the members of the common group;

providing, by the processor, a map option associated with the calendar entry on a user interface of the graphical calendar interface box available to be viewed by members of the common group, the map option comprising a selectable location signifier, the selectable location signifier comprising an event identifier and a selectable indicator the event identifier and the selectable indicator being associated with the calendar entry, and in which a separate event identifier and a separate selectable indicator are provided for each additional calendar entry;

in response to receiving a user selection of the map option, providing, by the processor, a map associated with the calendar entry location, wherein the map is displayed within the graphical calendar interface box, to only partially obscure a month at a time view within the graphical calendar interface box, and the user is a member of the common group, wherein the map indicates current locations of the members with respect to the calendar entry location as determined by a global positioning system and further indicates expected arrival times; and

sending, by the processor, an event reminder notification to at least one member of the common group at a predetermined time before the scheduled time for a particular calendar entry on the electronic group calendar, wherein an event reminder notification for a particular member of the common group is prevented from being sent when the particular member of the common group is determined to be currently located at the calendar entry location.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising accessing a third party website to provide the map.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a user indication to create the calendar entry, wherein the user indication is provided from one of the members of the common group.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising, in response to receiving the user indication to create the calendar entry, determining the map associated with the calendar entry location.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising storing the calendar entry location.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic group calendar is provided via a group community portal.

7. A system, comprising:

a memory that stores executable instructions; and

a processor, implemented on the system, that executes the executable instructions, including;

first logic configured to maintain a group listing of a plurality of contacts, wherein each of the plurality of contacts is designated as a member of a common group,

second logic configured to provide a graphical calendar interface box displaying an electronic group calendar whose accessibility is restricted to members of the common group, the electronic group calendar including a calendar entry including a scheduled date and time for the calendar entry, the calendar entry including a calendar entry location for indicating a geographic location of where the calendar entry is scheduled to occur, wherein the calendar entry is scheduled for each of the members of the common group;

third logic configured to provide a map option associated with the calendar entry on a user interface of the graphical calendar interface box available to be viewed by members of the common group, the map option comprising a selectable location signifier, the selectable location signifier comprising an event identifier and a selectable indicator the event identifier and the selectable indicator being associated with the calendar entry, and in which a separate event identifier and a separate selectable indicator are provided for each additional calendar entry;

fourth logic configured to, in response to receiving a user selection of the map option, provide a map associated with the calendar entry location, wherein the map is displayed within the graphical calendar interface box, to only partially obscure a month at a time view within the graphical calendar interface box, and the user is a member of the common group, wherein the map indicates current locations of the members with respect to the calendar entry location as determined by a global positioning system and further indicates expected arrival times; and

fifth logic configured to send an event reminder notification to a member of the common group at a predetermined time before the scheduled time for a particular calendar entry on the electronic group calendar, wherein an event reminder notification for a particular member of the common group is prevented from being sent when the particular member of the common group is determined to be currently located at the calendar entry location.

8. The system of claim 7, the memory further storing sixth logic configured to access a third party website to provide the map.

9. The system of claim 7, the memory further storing seventh logic configured to receive a user indication to create the calendar entry, wherein the user indication is provided from one of the members of the common group.

10. The system of claim 9, the memory further storing eighth logic configured to, in response to receiving the user indication to create the calendar entry, determine the map associated with the calendar entry location.

11. The system of claim 10, the memory further storing seventh logic configured to store the calendar entry location.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the electronic group calendar is provided via a group community portal.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with an executable computer program for associating a map with a calendar entry and that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

maintaining a group listing of a plurality of contacts, wherein each of the plurality of contacts is designated as a member of a common group,

providing a graphical calendar interface box displaying an electronic group calendar whose accessibility is restricted to members of the common group, the electronic group calendar including a calendar entry including a scheduled date and time for the calendar entry, the calendar entry including a calendar entry location for indicating a geographic location of where the calendar entry is scheduled to occur, wherein the calendar entry is scheduled for each of the members of the common group;

providing a map option associated with the calendar entry on a user interface of the graphical calendar interface box available to be viewed by members of the common group, the map option comprising a selectable location signifier, the selectable location signifier comprising an event identifier and a selectable indicator, the event identifier and the selectable indicator being associated with the calendar entry, and in which a separate event identifier and a separate selectable indicator are provided for each additional calendar entry;

providing, in response to receiving a user selection of the map option, a map associated with the calendar entry location, wherein the map is displayed within the graphical calendar interface box, to only partially obscure a month at a time view within the graphical calendar interface box, and the user is a member of the common group, wherein the map indicates current locations of the members with respect to the calendar entry location as determined by a global positioning system and further indicates expected arrival times; and

sending an event reminder notification to a member of the common group at a predetermined time before the scheduled time for a particular calendar entry on the electronic group calendar, wherein an event reminder notification for a particular member of the common group is prevented from being sent when the particular member of the common group is determined to be currently located at the calendar entry location.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, the operations further comprising causing the computer to access a third party website to provide the map.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, the operations further comprising causing the computer to receive a user indication to create the calendar entry, wherein the user indication is provided from one of the members of the common group.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, the operations further comprising causing the computer to, in response to receiving the user indication to create the calendar entry, determine the map associated with the calendar entry location.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, the operations further comprising causing the computer to store the calendar entry location.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the electronic group calendar is provided via a group community portal.