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User interface for providing task management and calendar information

  • US 8,839,139 B2
  • Filed: 05/11/2010
  • Issued: 09/16/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing a persistently displayed user interface portion within a multi-functionality application interface, the method comprising:

  • providing, by a computer, a multi-functionality application;

    displaying, by the multi-functionality application interface, a to-do user interface bar having at least one component associated with at least one application of the multi-functionality application, the to-do user interface bar being persistently visible regardless of which application of the multi-functionality application is currently running;

    searching for at least one data item from a plurality of memory sources, wherein the plurality of memory sources are associated with the multi-functionality application, and wherein data items comprise;

    electronic mail items, meeting requests, meeting request responses, tasks, and titles of reports;

    determining that the at least one data item is marked for treatment as a task associated with a task application of the multi-functionality application;

    in response to determining that the at least one data item is marked for treatment as the task, designating the at least one data item as at least one task item;

    aggregating the at least one data item designated as at least one task item for display in the to-do user interface; and

    providing, within the to-do user interface bar, a task component for displaying the at least one task item associated with the task application of the multi-functionality application and a date picker component for displaying a calendar associated with a calendar application of the multi-functionality application.

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