Method of notifying an invitee to an event of changes to the event in an electronic calendar system

• US 20060190485A1
• Filed: 02/24/2005
• Published: 08/24/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Adams, Neil, Little, Herb, Adams, Melissa
• Granted Patent: US 8,060,539 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for notifying at least one invitee of an initial event of changes to the initial event. The method comprises receiving the initial event comprising a plurality of initial event elements and receiving an updated event comprising a plurality of updated event elements, each updated event element corresponding to a respective initial event element. The updated event elements are compared to the initial event elements to determine which of the updated event elements are changed event elements that differ from their respective initial event elements and the at least one invitee is notified of any specific changed event elements.

Claims

1. A method for notifying at least one invitee to an initial event of changes to the initial event comprising:

receiving the initial event comprising a plurality of initial event elements;

receiving an updated event comprising a plurality of updated event elements, each updated event element corresponding to a respective initial event element;

comparing the updated event elements to the initial event elements to determine which of the updated event elements are changed event elements that differ from their respective initial event elements;

notifying the at least one invitee of any specific changed event elements.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the initial event elements are selected from the group consisting of a subject of the initial event, a beginning time of the initial event, an end time of the initial event, a duration of the initial event, a location of the initial event, invitees of the initial event and comments associated with the event.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparing comprises a string comparison.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparing comprises use of a line-by-line comparison tool.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein notifying the at least one invitee of any specific changed event elements includes notifying of respective initial event elements that have changed.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising notifying the at least one invitee of the initial event.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising notifying the at least one invitee of the updated event.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein notifying the at least one invitee of any specific changed event elements includes notifying of the updated event in a single notification.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein notifying the at least one invitee of any specific changed event elements comprises a message in a comments element of the updated event.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein notifying the at least one invitee of any specific changed event elements comprises sending an updated event message to the at least one invitee.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the initial event and the updated event are capable of being stored in an electronic calendar of the at least one invitee.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein at least one of the initial event and the updated event are stored in the electronic calendar of the at least one invitee in response to the at least one invitee accepting at least one of the initial event and the updated event respectively.

13. The method of claim 1, comprising designating the updated event as a new initial event.

14. A computer readable storage device storing statements and instructions for use in the execution in a computer of the method of claim 1.

15. A personal data assistant comprising the computer readable storage device of claim 14.

16. A server comprising the computer readable storage device of claim 14.

17. A data carrier product containing a sequence of instructions which when executed causes the performance of the method according to claim 1.