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For-your-information events

  • US 9,269,064 B2
  • Filed: 11/26/2012
  • Issued: 02/23/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

  • receiving a plurality of for-your-information events in a computer system, the for-your-information events each including an event time field that indicates a scheduled time for the for-your-information event, the computer system refraining from automatically blocking the scheduled times of the for-your-information events on a main calendar in response to receiving the for-your-information events, the receiving of the for-your-information events in the computer system being part of receiving a calendar of for-your-information events as a calendar over a computer network, the calendar of for-your-information events comprising the plurality of for-your-information events, and the calendar of for-your-information events being designated as a for-your-information calendar separate from the main calendar in the computer system;

    receiving a regular event in the computer system, the received regular event including a time field that indicates a scheduled time for the received regular event;

    the computer system automatically blocking the scheduled time for the received regular event on the main calendar in response to receiving the received regular event;

    displaying a representation of the received regular event in a main calendar display region for the main calendar, the main calendar display region comprising a plurality of representations of regular events;

    displaying representations of the for-your-information events in a secondary display region, the secondary display region comprising a plurality of representations of the for-your-information events, the main calendar display region and the secondary display region being displayed at the same time, while scheduled times for the for-your-information events are not blocked on the main calendar; and

    displaying a user interface control that is configured to be selected by user input to convert a selected for-your-information event to a converted regular event and to block a scheduled time of the selected for-your-information event on the main calendar for the converted regular event.

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