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Method and apparatus for generating a new event directly from a document

  • US 9,721,234 B2
  • Filed: 01/29/2016
  • Issued: 08/01/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving a user selection to display an electronic message;

    identifying a temporal expression in the electronic message;

    displaying a body of the electronic message in response to the user selection, wherein without receiving further user input the displaying comprises, translating plain text associated with the identified temporal expression into a hyperlink for the identified temporal expression;

    receiving, during the displaying of the body, a first input that indicates selection of the hyperlink;

    in response to receipt of the first input that indicates selection of the hyperlink, displaying a menu with a choice to create the event;

    receiving, during the displaying of the menu, a second input that indicates selection of the choice to create the event;

    in response to receipt of the second input, displaying a data entry interface based on receipt of the input, the data entry interface configured with a temporal field that is populated with the temporal expression and a meeting privacy setting that is set based on a category of a sender of the electronic message;

    receiving, during the displaying of the data entry interface, a third input that indicates acceptance of information in the data entry interface, the information including the temporal expression; and

    storing, in response to the another input, an event based on the information.

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