Management and rendering of calendar data

• US 20070061712A1
• Filed: 09/14/2005
• Published: 03/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Jaramillo, David, Bodin, William, Redman, Jerry, Thorson, Derral
• Application Number:
  US11/226,772
• Publication Number:
  US 20070061712A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/258 Data format conversion from or to a database
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for management and rendering of calendar data, including receiving aggregated calendar data in native form, synthesizing the aggregated native form calendar data into a synthesized calendar document including one or more synthesized calendar events, and presenting at least one synthesized calendar event. Synthesizing the aggregated native form calendar data into a synthesized calendar document including one or more synthesized calendar events includes translating aspects of the aggregated native form calendar data into text and markup. Aspects of the aggregated native form calendar data include a calendar event. A calendar event includes date and time information and an event description.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for management and rendering of calendar data, the method comprising:

receiving aggregated calendar data in native form;

synthesizing the aggregated native form calendar data into a synthesized calendar document including one or more synthesized calendar events; and

presenting at least one synthesized calendar event.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein synthesizing the aggregated native form calendar data into a synthesized calendar document including one or more synthesized calendar events further comprises translating aspects of the aggregated native form calendar data into text and markup.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein aspects of the aggregated native form calendar data include a calendar event comprising date and time information and an event description, and wherein translating aspects of the aggregated native form calendar data into text and markup further comprises:

extracting the calendar event from the native calendar data; and

creating, in dependence upon the data and time information and the event description, text and markup for a synthesized calendar event.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

identifying, according to prioritization rules, priority characteristics in the aggregated native form calendar data; and

wherein;

synthesizing the aggregated native form calendar data into a synthesized calendar document including one or more synthesized calendar events further comprises prioritizing the synthesized calendar events of the synthesized calendar document according to the priority characteristics; and

presenting at least one synthesized calendar event further comprises presenting one or more of the prioritized calendar events of the prioritized synthesized calendar document.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

receiving calendar preferences from a user; and

creating prioritization rules in dependence upon the calendar preferences.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein prioritizing the synthesized calendar events of the synthesized calendar document according to the priority characteristics further comprises creating priority markup representing the priority characteristics and associating the priority markup with one or more of the synthesized calendar events of the synthesized calendar document.

7. The method of claim 4 wherein associating the priority markup with the synthesized calendar document further comprises:

creating a calendar priority markup document; and

inserting the priority markup into the calendar priority markup document.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein presenting at least one synthesized calendar event further comprises:

identifying a presentation action in dependence upon presentation rules; and

executing the presentation action.

9. A system for management and rendering of calendar data, the system comprising:

a computer processor;

a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of;

receiving aggregated calendar data in native form;

synthesizing the aggregated native form calendar data into a synthesized calendar document including one or more synthesized calendar events; and

presenting at least one synthesized calendar event.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of translating aspects of the aggregated native form calendar data into text and markup.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein aspects of the aggregated native form calendar data include a calendar event comprising date and time information and an event description, and wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:

extracting the calendar event from the native calendar data; and

creating, in dependence upon the data and time information and the event description, text and markup for a synthesized calendar event.

12. The system of claim 9 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:

identifying, according to prioritization rules, priority characteristics in the aggregated native form calendar data; and

wherein;

synthesizing the aggregated native form calendar data into a synthesized calendar document including one or more synthesized calendar events further comprises prioritizing the synthesized calendar events of the synthesized calendar document according to the priority characteristics; and

presenting at least one synthesized calendar event further comprises presenting one or more of the prioritized calendar events of the prioritized synthesized calendar document.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:

receiving calendar preferences from a user; and

creating prioritization rules in dependence upon the calendar preferences.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of creating priority markup representing the priority characteristics and associating the priority markup with one or more of the synthesized calendar events of the synthesized calendar document.

15. The system of claim 12 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:

creating a calendar priority markup document; and

inserting the priority markup into the calendar priority markup document.

16. The system of claim 9 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:

identifying a presentation action in dependence upon presentation rules; and

executing the presentation action.

17. A computer program product for management and rendering of calendar data, the computer program product embodied on a computer-readable medium, the computer program product comprising:

computer program instructions for receiving aggregated calendar data in native form;

computer program instructions for synthesizing the aggregated native form calendar data into a synthesized calendar document including one or more synthesized calendar events; and

computer program instructions for presenting at least one synthesized calendar event.

18. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein computer program instructions for synthesizing the aggregated native form calendar data into a synthesized calendar document including one or more synthesized calendar events further comprise computer program instructions translating aspects of the aggregated native form calendar data into text and markup.

19. The computer program product of claim 18 wherein aspects of the aggregated native form calendar data include a calendar event comprising date and time information and an event description, and wherein computer program instructions for translating aspects of the aggregated native form calendar data into text and markup further comprise:

computer program instructions for extracting the calendar event from the native calendar data; and

computer program instructions for creating, in dependence upon the data and time information and the event description, text and markup for a synthesized calendar event.

20. The computer program product of claim 17 further comprising:

computer program instructions for identifying, according to prioritization rules, priority characteristics in the aggregated native form calendar data; and

wherein;

computer program instructions for synthesizing the aggregated native form calendar data into a synthesized calendar document including one or more synthesized calendar events further comprise computer program instructions for prioritizing the synthesized calendar events of the synthesized calendar document according to the priority characteristics; and

computer program instructions for presenting at least one synthesized calendar event further comprise computer program instructions for presenting one or more of the prioritized calendar events of the prioritized synthesized calendar document.

21. The computer program product of claim 20 further comprising:

computer program instructions for receiving calendar preferences from a user; and

computer program instructions for creating prioritization rules in dependence upon the calendar preferences.

22. The computer program product of claim 20 wherein computer program instructions for prioritizing the synthesized calendar events of the synthesized calendar document according to the priority characteristics further comprise computer program instructions for creating priority markup representing the priority characteristics and associating the priority markup with one or more of the synthesized calendar events of the synthesized calendar document.

23. The computer program product of claim 20 wherein computer program instructions for associating the priority markup with the synthesized calendar document further comprise:

computer program instructions for creating a calendar priority markup document; and

computer program instructions for inserting the priority markup into the calendar priority markup document.

24. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein computer program instructions for presenting at least one synthesized calendar event further comprise:

computer program instructions for identifying a presentation action in dependence upon presentation rules; and

computer program instructions for executing the presentation action.