Calendar repair assistant

• US 9,213,964 B2
• Filed: 02/12/2013
• Issued: 12/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Feliberti, Vanessa C., Don, Cliff M., Ghyara, Firdosh R., Hakami, Sina, Leibmann, Matthias, Da Fonseca Mendes, Roberto Ribeiro, Tischhauser, Paul David
• Primary Examiner(s): Daftuar, Saket K
• Application Number:
  US13/765,644
• Publication Number:
  US 20130159042A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,036 Days
• Field of Search: 709201-208, 709/217, 709/219, 709/220, 709/223, 709/227, 709/228, 709/246, 709/248, 707/104.1, 707/999.107, 707/201, 707/999.201, 707/102, 707/999.102, 707/10, 707/999.01, 707/9, 707/99, 707/9.009, 707/204, 707/999.204, 707/E17.005, 707/E17, 707/999.203, 707/203, 707/609, 707/610, 707/618, 707/620, 707/621, 707/622, 707/623, 707/655, 707/661, 707/668, 707/674, 707/675, 707/676, 707/677, 707/678, 707/679, 707/687, 707/688, 707/690, 707/691, 715/203, 715/733, 715/753, 715/963, 715/201, 715/234, 715/255, 715/501, 715/511, 715/200, 715/205, 715/209, 715/210, 715/229, 705/1, 705/9, 705/8, 705/FOR.111, 705/FOR.112, 370/412, 368/52, 368/10, 368/46, 368/41, 368/42, 368/43
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/20 of structured data, e.g. relational data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/23 Updating
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/235 Update request formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2358 Change logging, detection, and notification replication G06F16/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2379 Updates performed during online database operations; commit processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/25 Integrating or interfacing systems involving database management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/275 Synchronous replication
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment

Abstract

Calendar repair may be provided. Calendar events, such as appointments and meetings, may be created and copied to a plurality of attendee calendars. A first copy of the event may be compared to a second copy of the event, and an event property of the second event may be updated to match a corresponding event property of the first event.

Claims

1. A method for providing calendar repair, the method comprising:

creating, by a computing device, a calendar event that is associated with an organizer and a plurality of attendees, the calendar event including event properties comprising details about an event;

storing, by the computing device, the calendar event on a first calendar that is associated with the organizer;

copying, by the computing device, the calendar event to a plurality of other calendars that are associated with the plurality of attendees;

performing, by the computing device, a comparison of the calendar event on the first calendar with the corresponding calendar event copied to the plurality of other calendars, wherein the performing the comparison includes determining whether the event properties on the first calendar differs from event properties of the corresponding calendar event on each of the plurality of other calendars; and

in response to determining that any of the event properties of the calendar event on the first calendar differs from the event properties of the corresponding calendar event on any of the plurality of other calendars, updating, by the computing device, the corresponding calendar event properties by overwriting the differing event properties, wherein each differing event property of the differing event properties corresponds to a calendar event in the plurality of other calendars.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a master copy of the calendar event on a server separate from the first calendar and the plurality of other calendars.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein updating the differing calendar events further includes updating the differing calendar events with the master copy of the calendar event on the server.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the calendar event includes additional information that one of the organizer or a particular attendee designated as private, wherein the additional information being only viewable by the organizer or the particular attendee that designated the additional information as private.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein performing the comparison of the calendar event on the first calendar with the corresponding calendar event copied to the plurality of other calendars excludes any additional information that the organizer or a particular attendee designates as private.

6. A system for providing calendar repair, the system comprising:

a memory storage; and

a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operative to;

create a calendar event that is associated with an organizer and a plurality of attendees, the calendar event including event properties comprising details about an event;

store the calendar event on a first calendar that is associated with the organizer;

copy the calendar event to a plurality of other calendars that are associated with the plurality of attendees;

perform a comparison of the calendar event on the first calendar with the corresponding calendar event copied to the plurality of other calendars, wherein the performing the comparison includes determining whether the event properties on the first calendar differs from event properties of the corresponding calendar event on each of the plurality of other calendars; and

in response to determining that any of the event properties of the calendar event on the first calendar differs from the event properties of the corresponding calendar event on any of the plurality of other calendars, update the corresponding calendar event properties by overwriting the differing event properties, wherein each differing event property of the differing event properties corresponds to a calendar event in the plurality of other calendars.

7. The system of claim 6, further comprising the processing unit is operative to:

store a master copy of the calendar event on a server separate from the first calendar and the plurality of other calendars.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the calendar event includes additional information that one of the organizer or a particular attendee designated as private, wherein the additional information being only viewable by the organizer or the particular attendee that designated the additional information as private.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein performing the comparison of the calendar event on the first calendar with the corresponding calendar event copied to the plurality of other calendars excludes any additional information that the organizer or a particular attendee designates as private.

10. A computer-readable storage device which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method for providing calendar repair, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:

creating a calendar event that is associated with an organizer and a plurality of attendees, the calendar event including event properties comprising details about an event;

storing the calendar event on a first calendar that is associated with the organizer;

copying the calendar event to a plurality of other calendars that are associated with the plurality of attendees;

performing a comparison of the calendar event on the first calendar with the corresponding calendar event copied to the plurality of other calendars, wherein the performing the comparison includes determining whether the event properties on the first calendar differs from event properties of the corresponding calendar event on each of the plurality of other calendars; and

in response to determining that any of the event properties of the calendar event on the first calendar differs from the event properties of the corresponding calendar event on any of the plurality of other calendars, updating the corresponding calendar event properties by overwriting the differing event properties, wherein each differing event property of the differing event properties corresponds to a calendar event in the plurality of other calendars.

11. The computer-readable storage device of claim 10, wherein the calendar event includes additional information that one of the organizer or a particular attendee designated as private, wherein the additional information being only viewable by the organizer or the particular attendee that designated the additional information as private.

12. The computer-readable storage device of claim 11, wherein performing the comparison of the calendar event on the first calendar with the corresponding calendar event copied to the plurality of other calendars excludes any additional information that the organizer or a particular attendee designates as private.