Methods and systems for a web-based calendar application
First Claim
1. A method for generating a calendar for publication on a first website, the method performed by a computer processor and comprising:
- creating at least one event post in the calendar;
retrieving from a web server a calendar feed comprising at least one event, the calendar feed corresponding to a second calendar published on a second website;
for each one of the events in the calendar feed, determining whether there is a match to one of the previously created event posts in the calendar, and creating in the calendar a new event post for the event if there is no match;
wherein creating a new event post comprises assigning at least one of a category and tag to the event based on a predefined setting for the calendar feed, wherein the at least one of a category and tag assigned to the event adds information to the event for the purposes of facilitating downstream publication and combinations of event feeds;
retrieving an updated calendar feed from the web server;
for each one of the events in the updated calendar feed, determining whether there is a match to one of the previously created event posts in the calendar; and
updating the previously created event post with information corresponding to the event in the case of a match, and creating in the calendar a new event post for the event if there is no match.
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Abstract
A calendar platform is provided for creating an event calendar for publication on a website and sharing events between different calendars. A method for creating an online calendar includes creating at least one event post in the calendar and retrieving from a web server a calendar feed corresponding to a second calendar. For each one of the events in the calendar feed, a new event post for the event is created if the event does not match one of the previously created event posts in the calendar. An event category is assigned to the new event post based on settings defined for the calendar feed. An Internet user viewing the calendar can filter the events by category and export selected events to the user'"'"'s calendar.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for generating a calendar for publication on a first website, the method performed by a computer processor and comprising:
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creating at least one event post in the calendar; retrieving from a web server a calendar feed comprising at least one event, the calendar feed corresponding to a second calendar published on a second website; for each one of the events in the calendar feed, determining whether there is a match to one of the previously created event posts in the calendar, and creating in the calendar a new event post for the event if there is no match; wherein creating a new event post comprises assigning at least one of a category and tag to the event based on a predefined setting for the calendar feed, wherein the at least one of a category and tag assigned to the event adds information to the event for the purposes of facilitating downstream publication and combinations of event feeds; retrieving an updated calendar feed from the web server; for each one of the events in the updated calendar feed, determining whether there is a match to one of the previously created event posts in the calendar; and updating the previously created event post with information corresponding to the event in the case of a match, and creating in the calendar a new event post for the event if there is no match. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for generating a calendar for publication on a first website, the system comprising:
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a global event server comprising a computer processor that stores information about event posts which have been created in the calendar and one or more other calendars; a first web server comprising a computer processor that; creates at least one event post in the calendar; retrieves from a web server a calendar feed comprising at least one event, the calendar feed corresponding to a second calendar published on a second website; and
,for each one of the events in the calendar feed, determines whether there is a match to one of the previously created event posts in the calendar, and, if there is no match, creates in the calendar a new event post for the event and sends the new event post to the global event server;
wherein creating the new event post comprises assigning at least one of a category and tag to the event based on a predefined setting for the calendar feed, and wherein the at least one of a category and tag assigned to the event adds information to the event for the purposes of facilitating downstream publication and combinations of event feeds;retrieves an updated calendar feed from the web server; for each one of the events in the updated calendar feed, determines whether there is a match to one of the previously created event posts in the calendar; and updates the previously created event post with information corresponding to the event in the case of a match, and creates in the calendar a new event post for the event if there is no match. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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