Integrating a calendaring system with a mashup page containing widgets to provide information regarding the calendared event

• US 10,373,121 B2
• Filed: 09/13/2011
• Issued: 08/06/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Feng-Wei, Hind, John R., Johnson, Joseph D., Li, Yongcheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Baderman, Scott T
• Assistant Examiner(s): Smith, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US13/231,051
• Publication Number:
  US 20130067302A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,884 Days
• Field of Search: 715202, 715230
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups

Abstract

A method, system and computer program product for integrating a calendaring system with a mashup page. A mashup server accesses the calendar data inputted by a user to create or edit an entry in a calendar application. The mashup server provides the user access to widgets to be included on a mashup page, where the widgets use the accessed calendar information so that the widgets provide information to the recipients of the calendared event. In this manner, the widgets provide information that normally would be accessible by the participants via links to a myriad of disjoint applications thereby negating the fractured experience of the participants. Upon finalizing the mashup page, the mashup page is saved as a Uniform Resource Location (URL) in the created/edited calendar entry. The mashup page is later transmitted by the mashup server to the recipients of the calendar entry.

Claims

1. A method for integrating a calendaring system with a mashup page, the method comprising:

accessing calendar data used in creating or editing an entry in a calendar;

creating said mashup page;

providing a plurality of different widgets on said mashup page, wherein each of said plurality of widgets use said accessed calendar data to provide different information to a recipient of said calendar entry;

saving said mashup page associated with said calendar entry; and

transmitting, by a processor of a mashup server, said mashup page along with said calendar entry to one or more recipients of said calendar entry.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said mashup page is a freeze dried mashup page.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said mashup page is saved as a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

4. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein session cookie information is encoded in said URL.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said mashup page is transmitted to said one or more recipients of said calendar entry in one of an iCalendar format and an xCal format.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising:

editing control settings for one of said plurality of widgets on said mashup page so that said one of said plurality of widgets is tailored to be visible to selected recipients of said one or more recipients of said calendar entry.

7. The method as recited claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a calendar metadata value from a calendar application; and

associating one or more of said plurality of widgets with said received calendar metadata value.

8. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising:

activating said mashup page in a calendar application from a local calendar application buffer by a client device in response to said client device being offline.

9. A computer program product embodied in a computer readable storage medium for integrating a calendaring system with a mashup page, the computer program product comprising the programming instructions for:

accessing calendar data used in creating or editing an entry in a calendar;

creating said mashup page;

providing a plurality of different widgets on said mashup page, wherein each of said plurality of widgets use said accessed calendar data to provide different information to a recipient of said calendar entry;

saving said mashup page associated with said calendar entry; and

transmitting said mashup page along with said calendar entry to one or more recipients of said calendar entry.

10. The computer program product as recited in claim 9, wherein said mashup page is a freeze dried mashup page.

11. The computer program product as recited in claim 9, wherein said mashup page is saved as a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

12. The computer program product as recited in claim 11, wherein session cookie information is encoded in said URL.

13. The computer program product as recited in claim 9, wherein said mashup page is transmitted to said one or more recipients of said calendar entry in one of an iCalendar format and an xCal format.

14. The computer program product as recited in claim 9 further comprising the programming instructions for:

editing control settings for one of said plurality of widgets on said mashup page so that said one of said plurality of widgets is tailored to be visible to selected recipients of said one or more recipients of said calendar entry.

15. The computer program product as recited claim 9 further comprising the programming instructions for:

receiving a calendar metadata value from a calendar application; and

associating one or more of said plurality of widgets with said received calendar metadata value.

16. A system, comprising:

a memory unit for storing a computer program for integrating a calendaring system with a mashup page; and

a processor coupled to said memory unit, wherein said processor, responsive to said computer program, comprises;

circuitry for accessing calendar data used in creating or editing an entry in a calendar;

circuitry for creating said mashup page;

circuitry for providing a plurality of different widgets on said mashup page, wherein each of said plurality of widgets use said accessed calendar data to provide different information to a recipient of said calendar entry;

circuitry for saving said mashup page associated with said calendar entry; and

circuitry for transmitting said mashup page along with said calendar entry to one or more recipients of said calendar entry.

17. The system as recited in claim 16, wherein said mashup page is a freeze dried mashup page.

18. The system as recited in claim 16, wherein said mashup page is saved as a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

19. The system as recited in claim 18, wherein session cookie information is encoded in said URL.

20. The system as recited in claim 16, wherein said mashup page is transmitted to said one or more recipients of said calendar entry in one of an iCalendar format and an xCal format.

21. The system as recited in claim 16, wherein said processor further comprises:

circuitry for editing control settings for one of said plurality of widgets on said mashup page so that said one of said plurality of widgets is tailored to be visible to selected recipients of said one or more recipients of said calendar entry.

22. The system as recited in claim 16, wherein said processor further comprises:

circuitry for receiving a calendar metadata value from a calendar application; and

circuitry for associating one or more of said plurality of widgets with said received calendar metadata value.