User interface for providing task management and calendar information
First Claim
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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Abstract
An electronic “To-Do” bar is provided in which displayed upcoming tasks, meetings, appointments and the like. The electronic To-Do bar is displayed in a lightweight menu of tasks, meetings and appointments and is displayed persistently in addition to other software functionality or user interfaces displayed on a user'"'"'s computer display screen according to other software applications or other software functionality in use. A user is presented with an always-visible list of upcoming tasks, meetings and appointments without the need to launch a separate tasks application or calendar application to view upcoming tasks, meetings or appointments.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for providing a persistently displayed user interface portion within a multi-functionality application interface, the method comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-readable storage device which stores a set of instructions which when executed by a computer perform a method for providing a persistently displayed to-do user interface portion within a multi-functionality application interface, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:
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providing a multi-functionality application; displaying, by the multi-functionality application interface, a persistently visible to-do user interface bar having components associated with at least one application of the multi-functionality application, wherein displaying, within the multi-functionality application interface, the persistently visible to-do user interface comprises displaying the to-do user interface bar within the multi-functionality application interface regardless of which application of the multi-functionality application is also displayed in the multi-functionality application interface; 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 at the least one task item associated with the task application of the multi-functionality application. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for providing a persistently displayed to-do user interface portion within a multi-functionality application interface, the system comprising:
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a memory storage device; and a processing unit coupled to the memory storage device, wherein the processing unit is operative to; provide a multi-functionality application comprising at least one of the following;
an email application, a contacts application, an appointments application and a tasks application,persistently display, by the multi-functionality application interface, a to-do user interface bar comprising the following; a task component for displaying at least one task item associated with the task application of the multi-functionality application, wherein the at least one task item comprises modifiable, within the to-do user interface bar, date properties and category properties, and an appointments component for displaying at least one appointment item associated with the appointment application of the multi-functionality application, and provide a control, within the multi-functionality application, that is configured to, upon selection; hide the to-do user interface bar when the to-do user interface bar is being displayed, display the to-do user interface bar when the to-do user interface bar is not being displayed, search 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,determine that the at least one data item is marked for treatment as a task associated with a task application of the multi-functionality application, designate the at least one data item as at least one task item in response to determining that the at least one data item is marked for treatment as the task, and aggregating the at least one data item designated as at least one task item for display in the to-do user interface. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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