Processing invitations and accepting configuration information on a device

• US 8,655,691 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2008
• Issued: 02/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: van Os, Marcel MWA, Anzures, Freddy A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jung, Allen J
• Application Number:
  US12/242,539
• Publication Number:
  US 20090228322A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,967 Days
• Field of Search: 705/5
• US Class Current: 705/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer program products display invites on a mobile device calendar. An invitation is received that identifies an event having a start time and a duration. The invitation is presented to a user of a mobile device, where the mobile device includes two or more calendars. The invitation is associated with at least one of the two or more calendars, and the event is displayed in at least one calendar associated with the invitation.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an invitation object, the invitation object including an event notification;

in response to selecting the invitation object and before a view of a calendar is displayed, generating, by a processor, a calendar field, and displaying the calendar field via a user interface, wherein the user interface includes a list of a plurality of calendars displayed as a toggle selection, wherein each of the plurality of calendars are stored both on a mobile device and a remote server, and wherein each of the plurality of calendars is a daily calendar, weekly calendar, or monthly calendar, and labeled as a work calendar, a home calendar, or a birthday calendar;

receiving an input selecting multiple calendars from the plurality of calendars through the user interface;

associating, by a processor, the invitation object with the selected calendars; and

displaying the invitation object using visual effects on the selected calendars.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising providing for display the invitation object in a composite calendar, the composite calendar including the invitation object displayed in the visual effects and an event object associated with an unselected calendar, wherein providing for display the composite calendar comprises:

displaying each of the invitation object and event object as respective event blocks in the composite calendar.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the calendar field includes an identifier of a current calendar.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the visual effects comprise shading in a distinct shade or coloring in a distinct color.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the calendars in the list is scrollable, when displayed, in response to a touch input on a display screen.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

generating an invitation review interface for display, the invitation review interface including the invitation object and a graphic indicating that the invitation object is not accepted or rejected; and

receiving an input selecting the invitation object through the invitation review interface.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

generating a pop-up invitation object for display within an application window, the pop-up invitation object indicating the receipt of the invitation object.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions operable to cause a processor to perform operation comprising:

receiving an invitation object, the invitation object including an event notification;

in response to selecting the invitation object and before a view of a calendar is displayed, generating, by a processor, a calendar field, and displaying the calendar field via a user interface, wherein the user interface includes a list of a plurality of calendars displayed as a toggle selection, wherein each of the plurality of calendars are stored both on a mobile device and a remote server, and wherein each of the plurality of calendars is a daily calendar, weekly calendar, or monthly calendar, and labeled as a work calendar, a home calendar, or a birthday calendar;

receiving an input selecting multiple calendars from the plurality of calendars through the user interface;

associating, by a processor, the invitation object with the selected calendars; and

displaying the invitation object using visual effects on the selected calendars.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, further comprising:

displaying the invitation object in a composite calendar, the composite calendar including (i) the invitation object displayed in the visual effects and (ii) an event object associated with an unselected calendar, wherein displaying the composite calendar further comprises;

displaying each of the invitation object and event object as a respective event block in the composite calendar.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the calendar field includes an identifier of a current calendar.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the visual effects comprise shading in a distinct shade or coloring in a distinct color.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein each of the calendars in the list is scrollable, when displayed, in response to a touch input on a display screen of a mobile device.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, further comprising:

generating an invitation review interface for display, the invitation review interface including the invitation object and a graphic indicating that the invitation object is not accepted or rejected; and

receiving an input selecting the invitation object through the invitation review interface.

14. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 13, further comprising:

generating a pop-up invitation object for display within an application window, the pop-up invitation object indicating the receipt of the invitation object.

15. A mobile device comprising:

a processor;

a storage device storing instructions that, when executed, are operable to cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving an invitation object, the invitation object including an event notification;

in response to selecting the invitation object and before a view of a calendar is displayed, generating, by a processor, a calendar field, and displaying the calendar field via a user interface, wherein the user interface includes a list of a plurality of calendars displayed as a toggle selection, wherein each of the plurality of calendars are stored both on a mobile device and a remote server, and wherein each of the plurality of calendars is a daily calendar, weekly calendar, or monthly calendar, and labeled as a work calendar, a home calendar, or a birthday calendar;

receiving an input selecting multiple calendars from the plurality of calendars through the user interface;

associating, by a processor, the invitation object with the selected calendars; and

displaying the invitation object using visual effects on the selected calendars.

16. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the storage device further comprises the following steps:

displaying the invitation object in a composite calendar, the composite calendar including (i) the invitation object displayed in the visual effects and (ii) an event object associated with an unselected calendar, wherein displaying the composite calendar further comprises;

displaying each of the invitation object and event object as a respective event block in the composite calendar.

17. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein the calendar field includes an identifier of a current calendar.

18. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein the visual effects comprise shading in a distinct shade or coloring in a distinct color.

19. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein each of the calendars in the list is scrollable, when displayed, in response to a touch input on a display screen of the mobile device.

20. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the storage device further comprises the following steps:

generating an invitation review interface for display, the invitation review interface including the invitation object and a graphic indicating that the invitation object is not accepted or rejected; and

receiving an input selecting the invitation object through the invitation review interface.

21. The mobile device of claim 20, wherein the storage device further comprises the following steps:

generating a pop-up invitation object for display within an application window, the pop-up invitation object indicating the receipt of the invitation object.