Add a new instance to a series

• US 10,509,640 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2017
• Issued: 12/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Singh, Jaskaran, Pawar, Dipak Sarjerao, Madejczyk, Szymon, Mendes, Roberto Ribeiro da Fonseca
• Primary Examiner(s): Bui, Hanh Thi-Minh
• Application Number:
  US15/832,993
• Publication Number:
  US 20180107471A1
• Time in Patent Office: 741 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1433 during software upgrading
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services

Abstract

Adding an instance to a series in a fashion that preserves the series for both modern and legacy systems, even when the addition would not ordinarily be compatible with the legacy system. A method includes identifying a master message. The master message includes default values for events in the series. The method further includes identifying user input for a new event in the series. The user input identifies exceptions to the default values. The method further includes creating an instance message that includes default values from the master message for which there are no exceptions identified in the user input and includes the exceptions from the user input.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer-readable storage media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to cause the system to share a series of calendar events to a second system, the sharing of the series of calendar events comprises at least the following;

identify a master message that includes default values for the series of calendar events in a temporal order;

identify a first user input for adding a new event in the series of events, the first user input identifying exceptions to the default values;

identify that whether the exceptions to the default values would be compatible with the second system;

as a result of identifying that the exceptions would not be compatible with the second system,

create an instance message for use at the second system that includes the series of calendar events that has default values from the master message for which there are no exceptions identified in the first user input and includes the new event to which the exceptions from the first user input applied, such that the instance message being capable of being displayed at the second system as a discrete event decoupled from the series of events; and

send the instance message to the second system for display;

as a result of identifying that the exceptions would be compatible with the second system,

modify the master message to include the exceptions to the default values; and

send the modified master message to the second system for display.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the instance message includes information identifying which parts of the instance message are exceptional.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer-executable instructions are also executable by the one or more processors to cause the system to, as a result of creating the instance message, send the instance message to other entities associated with the temporal series.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer-executable instructions are also executable by the one or more processors to cause the system to:

identify additional user input to other events in the temporal series of events;

determine that the additional user input in combination with the first user input would be allowed on the legacy system; and

as a result of the determination, update the master message to reflect the additional user input and the first user input as a series operation.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the computer-executable instructions are also executable by the one or more processors to cause the system to, as a result of the determination, discard the instance message.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer-executable instructions are also executable by the one or more processors to cause the system to, as a result of receiving second user input for an addition to the temporal series of events that is allowed on the legacy system, update the master message and the instance message.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the legacy system comprises a legacy event calendaring system and the one or more modern systems comprise one or more modern event calendaring systems.

8. A method, implemented at a computer system that includes one or more processors, for sharing a series of events to a second system, the method comprising:

identifying a master message that includes default values for the series of calendar events in the temporal order;

identifying a first user input for adding a new event in the series of events, the first user input identifying exceptions to the default values;

identifying that whether the exceptions to the default values would be compatible with the second system;

as a result of identifying that the exceptions would not be compatible with the second system,

creating an instance message for use at the second system that includes the series of calendar events that has default values from the master message for which there are no exceptions identified in the first user input and includes the new event to which the exceptions from the first user input applied, such that the instance message being capable of being displayed at the second system as a discrete event decoupled from the series of events; and

send the instance message to the second system for display;

as a result of identifying that the exceptions would be compatible with the second system,

modifying the master message to include the exceptions to the default values; and

sending the modified master message to the second system for display.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the instance message includes information identifying which parts of the instance message are exceptional.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising, as a result of creating the instance message, sending the instance message to other entities associated with the temporal series.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

identifying additional user input to other events in the temporal series of events;

determining that the additional user input in combination with the first user input would be allowed on the legacy event calendaring system; and

as a result of the determination, updating the master message to reflect the additional user input and the first user input as a series operation.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising, as a result of the determination, discarding the instance message.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising, as a result of receiving second user input for an addition to the temporal series of events that is allowed on the legacy system, updating the master message and the instance message.

14. A computer program product comprising one or more hardware storage devices having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that are executable by one or more processors to cause a system to perform at least the following:

identify a master message that includes default values for a series of calendar events in a temporal order;

identify a first user input for adding a new event in the series of events, the first user input identifying exceptions to the default values;

identify that whether the exceptions to the default values would be compatible with a second system;

as a result of identifying that the exceptions would not be compatible with the second system,

create an instance message for use at the second system that includes the series of calendar events that has default values from the master message for which there are no exceptions identified in the first user input and includes the new event to which the exceptions from the first user input applied, such that the instance message being capable of being displayed at the second system as a discrete event decoupled from the series of events; and

send the instance message to the second system for display;

as a result of identifying that the exceptions would be compatible with the second system,

modify the master message to include the exceptions to the default values; and

send the modified master message to the second system for display.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the instance message includes information identifying which parts of the instance message are exceptional.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer-executable instructions are also executable by the one or more processors to cause the system to, as a result of creating the instance message, send the instance message to other entities associated with the temporal series.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer-executable instructions are also executable by the one or more processors to cause the system to:

identify additional user input to other events in the temporal series of events;

determine that the additional user input in combination with the first user input would be allowed on the legacy system; and

as a result of the determination, update the master message to reflect the additional user input and the first user input as a series operation.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the computer-executable instructions are also executable by the one or more processors to cause the system to, as a result of the determination, discard the instance message.

19. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer-executable instructions are also executable by the one or more processors to cause the system to, as a result of receiving second user input for an addition to the temporal series of events that is allowed on the legacy system, update the master message and the instance message.

20. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the legacy system comprises a legacy event calendaring system and the one or more modern systems comprise one or more modern event calendaring systems.